The Cactus & The Cross Blog

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have. 2 Corinthians,...

The Palo Verde tree grows best in the desert heat, where others may think no life might thrive. God does a new thing!

When I was enrolled at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia (Now United Lutheran Seminary), one of the requirements was to...

This past October I was privileged to sit through a workshop lead by our very own Pastor Lowell Nelson, a member of St. John’s, who was...

At my seminary graduation I felt like an all-star. As I looked back at the growth I experienced thinking of my first seminary class being...

Picture this friends, You are in Frys wearing your yellow “God’s Work, Our Hands” t-shirt and you see a fellow shopper reading your...

While attending this summer’s ELCA Rostered Ministers Gathering here in Phoenix, I was met by a group of hounds hanging out at the ELCA...

You may have seen St. John's members wearing bright yellow shirts around campus that say "God's work. Our Hands." at worship, at the West...

You may have seen St. John's members wearing bright yellow shirts around campus that say "God's work. Our Hands." at worship, at the West...

"Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was...