Pastor's Blog

This past week we saw it again, this time on Facebook Live with a body camera that captured all the gruesome details—the massacre at two ...

I can hardly contain my excitement! Two more days until the two little girls we welcomed into our lives and into our home will be permane...

This blog is the 3rd part in a series of blogs about the Simpkins family adoption. 9 days. NINE. That’s it. The journey that started y...

The comfort zone gets a bad rap. Lately, I’ve been reflecting on the fact that our comfort zone is not a bad place to be. Jesus promised ...

When we moved from Ohio to Charlotte 20 years ago, it was difficult being so far away from our family. No longer could we just hop in th...

The CLC communications team has decided to have some of the staff other than the pastors join the blog team. I drew the short straw this...

When Christ Lutheran discussed expanding our ministry to include two more campuses, we were very clear of the reason why: It was not for ...

Have you ever had one of those weekends that is so amazing that you want to share your experience with the world? Last weekend at the Liv...

So, these days our home has a few more people in it. For a pretty cool reason though - we’ve gone from 2 to 5 kids in the last 2 years. ...

If you came to this blog hoping to hear Pastor Drew’s opinion on whether the U.S. government should build a wall on our southern border w...

While the commercial world anticipates Christmas, beginning as early as September, with the ever-increasing displays and advertisements f...

From radio talk shows to letters to the editor to casual conversations, this seems to be the conversation starter—“What is your favorite ...

This week I’ve been reflecting on Mary and reading about Mary’s visit by an angel in which he told Mary that she was going to be the moth...

A thing caught my eye story, changed my life I think I was 13. Maybe 12? It doesn’t matter really, but young. Well, young-ish. Old enou...

There was nothing fancy or perfect about Jesus’ first bed. Luke’s Gospel tells us that after Mary gave birth to Jesus, she “laid him in a...