Pastor's Blog

In 1843 during the middle of a devastating and widespread famine throughout France, Queen Marie Antoinette was told of the conditions of ...

Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia! Easter was wonderful this year: the smell of fresh flowers in the air; the little girls and boys d...

Great question! LOTS. If you haven’t heard, we’ve secured all the land now. The giant rectangle of land (13+ acres) now belongs to CLC! W...

The value of your life comes from a relationship. Your losses do not define you. Nor do your wins. The way to live a joyful life comes fr...

Two families in our congregation are doing their part and making a huge difference in the lives of two other families… Read on. Affordabl...

If you’ll indulge me, I’m going to brag a little. Great things are happening, and I want to share. I want to brag on what God is doing t...

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. ...