Posts by Dara Schuller-Hanson
Creating Space for All at Verona Campus
A New Space of Welcome at Verona Campus As a part of our continued commitment to live into our church’s Welcome Statement, we continue to improve our spaces, so they…
Read MoreHelp Bring a Labyrinth to Good Shepherd
Pastor Dara is Building a Labyrinth Team Spending time with God in prayer is something that I long for more of in my life. One of the prayer practices that…
Read MoreAn Invitation to Sabbath
My soul was longing for an experience such as this and I was so grateful for the time to actually do it. I needed the reminder that God loves me just as much when I am at rest as when I am productive and busy. Maybe you do too?
Read MoreCreated for Community with the Saints
The Church Community This past Tuesday a group of about 25 church members met up at the UW Arboretum and went for a walk together to enjoy God’s beautiful creation.…
Read MoreGod Gives Us Hope
Acolyte Adventures The first time I was asked to take on the role of acolyte was on Christmas Eve when I was 12. My family was often assigned as the…
Read MoreFood Pantry Garden 2020 Review
Season in Review Thank you to all who volunteered, donated and prayed for the garden this year! We produced ~1400lbs of peas, beans, melons, corn, tomatoes and squash. We had…
Read MoreWho Do You Say That I Am?
Heard any good St. Peter jokes lately? So one day Ole passed away and arrived at the pearly gates of heaven. St. Peter greeted him and said, “In order to…
Read MoreIsn’t It a Miracle?
A Legendary Fish Tale In my family there are a few stories that over the years of being told have morphed into family legends. One of them involves a fishing…
Read MoreSin and Us
Jesus saves us even from our sinful selves My 3-year-old son has some favorite words and phrases that he likes to say all the time. They include answering questions with…
Read MoreWhat does a cup of cold water really mean?
What is Jesus talking about? When Jesus says, “and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple—truly I…
Read MoreWeekly Pastor’s Note | Difficult Conversations
A couple weeks ago, I attended the Solidarity March in downtown Madison sponsored by the African American Council of Churches. I haven’t been to many marches like this, but my…
Read MoreHow to prepare Holy Communion at Home
Instructions to Prepare for Holy Communion Before worship begins, set a table with enough bread and wine/grape juice for each person present. During our live-streamed worship service, a pastor will…
Read MoreGod’s Language of Grace
Holy Trinity Sunday Today is Holy Trinity Sunday on the church calendar and confession time, since becoming a pastor this has not been my favorite church holiday because today we…
Read MoreAn Invitation to Communion
Our Shared Sense of Longing When this pandemic started, we had no idea how long we might be waiting to gather again in person. And even while we connect through…
Read MoreThe Holiness of God and us
Unknown Caller The other day my husband answered his cell phone and had an interesting conversation. He doesn’t usually answer numbers that he doesn’t recognize, and I could tell he…
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