The Holy Spirit has guided St James and a Pastor, who we are very excited to meet this weekend, as we enter the holy process of calling a new shepherd to serve as Lead Pastor....

All Saints celebrates the baptized people of God, living and dead, who are the body of Christ. As November heralds the dying of the landscape in northern regions, such as Minnesota....

This day, that commemorates Martin Luther’s reform proposals to the Church, continues Jesus’ call to
“re-form” the body of Christ, as we are led by the Holy Spirit....

Fall is a season for being filled with thanks! After a busy summer, parents and kids relish the routines of school, sports and jobs.....

Tuesday, Oct. 17 - 12-12:30 p.m. | Online

We are invited with our siblings in faith to join a stimulating conversation about the work of God in our world today....

The readings from scripture this Sunday utilize the imagery of the vine to highlight God’s creative role in our lives. In baptism we are grafted into the vine...

Friends in Christ, This Sunday in our Gospel lesson, Jesus shares a Parable about two sons. The Father asks the first Son to go to the vineyard and work and the son refuses and then later changes his mind and goes to work..….

“Scripture is the manger in which we find the Christ child.” Bibles will be nestled this Sunday in the straw of a manger. Parents will present a Bible to their child in fulfillment of a promise made at baptism..….

It was a joy last Sunday to be welcomed to St James as the Interim Bridge Pastor. With all that God has and is doing at St James, I begin with an Easter “Alleluia!!!”.….

On behalf of the St. James Council Executive Team, I am pleased to introduce Pastor Walter Still, St. James Bridge Pastor. As you will see in his bio below, he is a great match for St. James. Please join us in welcoming Pastor Walter during his first worship service with us on Sunday, September 10.

Darcie Gorell-Evers
Council VP.….

I had been thinking about a different topic for the ministry moment this week. But then this post popped up on my Facebook feed. It is just too good not to share. – Pastor Lamont

A Facebook post by one of my favorite writers,  Anne Lamott: (from August 20)….

A long running daytime drama began each episode with, “Like sand through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” And so it is that our days and our lives move on and it is time for me to share this word with you….

First, a word from Kept Moments, by Gerhard E. Frost

 The Difference

He’d just received a box of crayons, a birthday gift. Deluxe, it was, with more than seventy colors, and he was proud..…

Here we are in the heart of summer. The time many of us look forward to all year round. Yet as I write this we are only 29 days away from the Minnesota State Fair. You know what that means. We can almost see the end of summer from here.…

Jacob in the Desert, A Baby in an Airport: Unexpected Grace!
“Jacob’s dream of angels on a stairway to heaven, strikes me as an appealing tale of unmerited grace. Here’s a man who has just deceived his father and cheated his brother out of an inheritance. But God’s response to finding Jacob vulnerable, sleeping all alone in open country, is not to strike him down for his sins but to give him a blessing...…

I live 40 minutes from St James. That’s what Google Maps tells me. It assumes I will take the fastest route. The freeway. But there are times when I deliberately take a different path to my destination..…

Along our Way
Summer is often a time filled with motion and emotion. Many are on the move. Some travel. Some move between home and “the lake.” There are some preparing to move away from home to attend college...…

John 3:8
The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”..…

Though certainly not the case for everyone, one of the things Summer often means for many people, is a bit more relaxed time. You know, the “Summertime, and the liv’n is easy,” sort of vibe. This is a time folks often turn to thinking about Summer reading, on a deck in the backyard, at the lake, or on a beach somewhere..…

In this space last week, I wrote of the arrival of Summer and the kinds of opportunities the season provides.

Today, I want to extend to you an invitation to join me and Pastor Nancy for some conversations around worship practices, here at St James, and more broadly within the whole Church.....…