Author: Rev. Bernie Seter

So between Reformation and All Saints I had the funeral for Donna Niemann and tomorrow I have another funeral.  The memory of funerals past and the connection with the Jordan River and the promised land for the Israelite and the...

Getting ready for a funeral and thinking of all the symbolism behind that Christian tradition.  My favorite old hymn for funerals was “How Firm a Foundation” with the old melody and one verse especially – “When...

The next few days is all about memories. All Saints Day was yesterday, but we will celebrate it, and use that as the theme of our worship this Sunday, November 4. It is the Sunday when we remember our blessed dead and those who...

Today is All Saint’s Day.  We remember and celebrate the lives of those who have gone ahead of us in the faith and whose memory lives among us even as we look forward to seeing them again at the throne of the Lamb whose...

Here is the comfort dog Ernie.  Like good Lutherans everywhere he does not want attention.  We have to hold his head to get his picture.  He was at the Dakota Girls and Boys Ranch and he is beautiful. This has been a wonderful...