By Jim Vitale What exactly is it that you long for? Is there anything that seems absent in your life, something for which you feel a deep yearning? Longings come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes I long for world peace; other times I long for some of my mom’s chocolate chip cake. Advent is […]
As told by Chad Hershberger Apple trees once populated the land that is now Camp Mount Luther. The acreage was an apple orchard, bordered by a large sawmill. Loggers worked the forests surrounding the orchard, cutting down trees and transporting them to the sawmill so they could be cut into lumber boards for use in […]
By Jim Vitale For years we have been driving youth away from our congregations with the best of intentions. This four-part blog series, based on a lecture given at the 2023 Upper Susquehanna Synod Assembly helps us take a look at what we’re doing wrong and offers a framework for how we can do youth […]
By Jim Vitale Psalm 100 1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Serve the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing. 3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. […]
