How Jonah helped me become a Sunday School Teacher
Teaching and Learning in faith will continue to help our children navigate the world outside of our church. It is the work that God has called me to do.
Belief, a sermon from August 12, 2018
St. Luke’s is blessed to have many gifted preachers. On Sunday August 12, 2018, Rev. Mark Wilhelm presided and preached this sermon: John 6: 35, 41-51 In her sermon last week, Erin mentioned that the lectionary (the preset list of scripture passages to be read each Sunday at churches around the globe) would for several
Join our End of Summer Book Study
Bipolar Faith: A Black Woman’s Journey with Depression and Faith To further our church’s commitment to mental health justice, St. Luke’s small group Women’s Weekly Wine and Word (W4) invites the congregation to participate in a book study of Bipolar Faith: A Black Woman’s Journey with Depression and Faith by Rev. Dr. Monica A. Coleman.
Yoga and Healing: An invitation from Rachel Dahlgren
“I’m too fat.” Such a small thoughts or phrases that run through our heads that affect how we feel, interact with others, and go about our days. I don’t remember the first time I had a thought like this or when I started hating the way my body looked when I looked in the
a sermon on porous bodies by Reed Fowler
Reed Fowler shared the sermon at St. Luke’s on Sunday, July 1, 2018. If you missed it, please check out their blog: Reed Fowler: queer seminarian and artist Here’s a snippet that we hope moves you to read the rest: The Body of Christ is porous. Uncontrolled bodily fluids are mostly signs of being unwell
It’s the tension I find within myself: A Testimony
To choose to leave the safety of my apartment and bed to enter the world, in all the unknowns and often chaos.
I could have used a community mental health center: A Testimony
I also believe that it is here in the church that we can continue to break down some of the stigma surrounding mental illness.
a sermon on risk and call
Samuel is called by name. Right now, the turn into summer reminds me so strongly that we are in Pride Month – a month of born out of a protest, when trans women of color and drag queens and butches refused to lay down for the police yet again, but instead boldly took space at the Stonewall Inn, saying, “here we are”, in our queerness, in our community. By calling Samuel directly, God affirms the value and importance of our naming’s.
Holy Scandal
Oftentimes, the Season After Pentecost, the longest season in the church year, stretches through the summer months without much fanfare….
Campaign to Expand Community Mental Health Services in Logan Square
“Unlike many other referenda on our ballots which only advise elected officials on policy issues, this would be a binding referendum. This means that if gets on the ballot and the people of the community vote yes, it will go into effect.”