St. Thomas Lutheran Church

Without question, it would take a lifetime and beyond to fall as deeply in love with God as God loves us. Yet, if you’re like me, your heart and soul and mind long to love the Lord more deeply. And so, we engage in worship, in sharing the sacraments, in scripture study, in devotional practices, in humble service to others. By these means, the Spirit of the Living God draws us nearer to the loving heart of God and, in turn, we fall deeper in love with The One who first loved us.

In what remains of this blessed Season after Pentecost, I join St. Paul in saying, “I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:18-19).  ​

The so called “lazy days of summer” are over. We enter now into a new season, one that invites us to “Fall deeper in love with God.”

This really is not a new season. The lengthy number of weeks following Pentecost (this year numbering 26) are always designed to help us grow in faith. As we do, we cannot help but fall deeper in love with God whose love for us is immeasurable. As Psalm 36:5-6, and 7a poetically puts it, “Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep… How priceless is your unfailing love!” ​

​Sharing in Christ’s ministry,

Pastor Wynemah +

​The Rev.  Wynemah​ Hinlicky