Christian Leadership

Don’t you marvel at a good storyteller? No, not fish stories...although those stories can be entertaining. Storytellers can describe both the details of the event AND bring you to some kind of emotion. It’s a gift to be a storyteller. However, it’s much easier to tell a story… Read More

Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us.We will not hide them from their children, but tell to… Read More

When I was in fifth grade, it was decided that instead of attending the public middle school, I would attend the local Lutheran School. That one small decision impacted my life greatly. Now I am a Lutheran School teacher, married to a Lutheran School teacher, raising my kids in… Read More

Ten years ago, Woodburn Lutheran School’s enrollment was 53.In 1718, enrollment was 122. Read More

In the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapter 5, we read, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Those words have new meaning for me after the recent death of my dear mother-in-law. When I posted my mother-in-law’s obituary on Facebook, many of my friends… Read More

Stan Hines died tonight. Stan was the husband of first grade teacher Mary Hines of St John-Emmanuel Lutheran School. His health deteriorated rapidly recently and only in the last week had entered hospice care. Read More