Burke Gerstenschlager, one our Table Leaders at St. Lydia’s, preached this sermon on Luke 12:13-34 at Dinner Church on February 17. Burke is a book editor in religion and philosophy.
Burke Gertenschlager, one our newly installed Table Leaders at St. Lydia’s, wrote this reflection on Luke 4:16-24 for our first Leadership Table meeting on January 9. Burke is a sociology and religion editor at Palgrave Macmillan; you can read more of his writing at bleaktheology.com. When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought […]
Richard Ruane, a congregant at St. Lydia’s, is a preacher’s kid from Dallas. A recovering Baptist, he’s been drifting between Episcopalian and Lutheran congregations since 1992. He works as an administrator in higher education and has grad degrees in communication and education. He preached this sermon at Dinner Church on June 24, 2012. When I was […]
Last week Emily and Phil attended the annual New York Metropolitan Lutheran Synod Assembly meeting in Long Island. The following is a reflection that Phil wrote about the experience for our edification and education. Emily and I attended the annual New York metro area Lutheran synod assembly last Friday. It was very inspiring, very […]
Mark Genszler is a congregant at St. Lydia’s and a student at General Theological Seminary. He offered this sermon at Dinner Church on March 25, 2012. So, I’ve been thinking about farewells, and absence, and all the things we say and desire when we take leave of those we love. Pithy statements? A quick kiss […]
Heather Young is a congregant at St. Lydia’s. She has this message for us about adopting a family this Christmas. Last year, I was pleased to coordinate an effort from St. Lydia’s to purchase a Christmas dinner (and a few gifts) for a needy family through St. John’s Bread and Life (www.breadandlife.org/). Bread and Life serves about 2,000 […]
The following is an excerpt from an article written by our Community Coordinator, Rachel Pollak, for the Lutheran New Yorker on the subject of St. Lydia’s and our relationship to art. Read the full text of the article in this month’s LNY here. Art plays an important role at St. Lydia’s, and not just in our […]
Rachel Pollak, our Community Coordinator, was baptized at St. Lydia’s on November 6, 2011. She gave this testimony at Dinner Church that evening. This is my testimony. I heard the good news for the first time in a college seminar. In 2001, following difficult events both worldly and personal, I had arrived at a dark […]
Paul Thorson is a congregant in the St. Lydia’s community. This summer he moved to Minneapolis, MN to pursue ordination in the ELCA. He periodically sends us letters to update us on his progress and whereabouts; this epistle came to us by email on July 24, 2011. Greetings to all of you! I am biting […]
Jeremy Sierra is a MFA student and lives in New York. A congregant at St. Lydia’s, he blogs here under the category Jeremiah Speaking. On May 15, he shared this excerpt from his MFA thesis at dinner church. I went to an Episcopal Camp in the Diocese of Texas, about an hour’s drive outside of […]