Pastor D Foy C
@pastordfoyc.bsky.social
Pastor C has served the church as parish pastor, workshop & conference leader, congregational consultant & art studio dir. Author of "A Place of Encounter" exploring how worship spaces serve. Writer for Sundays & Seasons. ELCA pastor in Mpls. www.dfoyc.com
On the 2nd Sunday of Advent we hear John the Baptizer urging us to prepare for the coming of Christ; and we hear Isaiah’s famous poem about the wolf lying down with the lamb. Come to worship, receive blessings from word & meal. Turn around! The Lord is nearer than when we first believed.
December 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
On the 2nd Sunday of Advent we hear John the Baptizer urging us to prepare for the coming of Christ; and we hear Isaiah’s famous poem about the wolf lying down with the lamb. Come to worship, receive blessings from word & meal. Turn around! The Lord is nearer than when we first believed.
It's the first week of Advent, the beginning of a liturgical year during which we will hear from the gospel of Matthew. In the readings, the coming of Christ means the hope of justice, peace & honorable living. Come to worship, to pray for such a world as this.
December 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It's the first week of Advent, the beginning of a liturgical year during which we will hear from the gospel of Matthew. In the readings, the coming of Christ means the hope of justice, peace & honorable living. Come to worship, to pray for such a world as this.
This Sunday we will close our church liturgical year, the 2,025th year of our salvation, with a celebration of Christ who reigns over our lives. Come to worship, where together we encounter Christ reigning from his throne - a cross - with mercy for us all.
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This Sunday we will close our church liturgical year, the 2,025th year of our salvation, with a celebration of Christ who reigns over our lives. Come to worship, where together we encounter Christ reigning from his throne - a cross - with mercy for us all.
“The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them. In the time of their judgment they shall shine and dart about as sparks through stubble." (Apocrypha: Wisdom 3:1, 7)
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them. In the time of their judgment they shall shine and dart about as sparks through stubble." (Apocrypha: Wisdom 3:1, 7)
In CS Lewis' "Screwtape Letters" a master demon explains how easy it is for religious people to lose their way: “The safest road to hell is the gradual one — the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones.”
November 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
In CS Lewis' "Screwtape Letters" a master demon explains how easy it is for religious people to lose their way: “The safest road to hell is the gradual one — the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones.”
To our many questions about what the afterlife will be like, in the gospel for this Sunday Jesus speaks about the Lord as the God of the living. All believers, those alive and those dead, are alive in God. Come to worship, to receive this good news.
November 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
To our many questions about what the afterlife will be like, in the gospel for this Sunday Jesus speaks about the Lord as the God of the living. All believers, those alive and those dead, are alive in God. Come to worship, to receive this good news.
God has made into saints all who have been baptized into Christ. On All Saints we remember especially those saints who have died in the faith. Their names may be known or unknown, generations of lives generally forgotten, but we sing our thanks that they are now held in God. Blessed be their memory.
October 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
God has made into saints all who have been baptized into Christ. On All Saints we remember especially those saints who have died in the faith. Their names may be known or unknown, generations of lives generally forgotten, but we sing our thanks that they are now held in God. Blessed be their memory.
Over the centuries, Lutherans have kept a special day to thank God for the freedom that the word of God grants to believers & to pray that with the help of God’s Spirit, the church will be continually reformed & renewed. Oct 31 is Reformation Day. Pray this week, in praise & petition to God.
October 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Over the centuries, Lutherans have kept a special day to thank God for the freedom that the word of God grants to believers & to pray that with the help of God’s Spirit, the church will be continually reformed & renewed. Oct 31 is Reformation Day. Pray this week, in praise & petition to God.
The gospel reading for this coming Sunday is the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector. Come to worship, to see which one of these characters is more like you, and join the assembly in the meal of forgiveness. (alt gospel for reformation/all sts)
October 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The gospel reading for this coming Sunday is the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector. Come to worship, to see which one of these characters is more like you, and join the assembly in the meal of forgiveness. (alt gospel for reformation/all sts)
Persevere in prayer. Persevere in seeking justice. Luther on prayer: -Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you. -When I am angry I can pray well & preach well. -The fewer the words, the better the prayer. -Pray & let God worry.
October 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Persevere in prayer. Persevere in seeking justice. Luther on prayer: -Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you. -When I am angry I can pray well & preach well. -The fewer the words, the better the prayer. -Pray & let God worry.
The article “50 Ways to Welcome New People” (Lewis Center for Church Leadership) begins w/two critical points: “Teach that hospitality is at the core of the gospel” & “Teach your congregation to honor Christ in everyone because God seeks to be in relationship with ALL persons.”
October 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The article “50 Ways to Welcome New People” (Lewis Center for Church Leadership) begins w/two critical points: “Teach that hospitality is at the core of the gospel” & “Teach your congregation to honor Christ in everyone because God seeks to be in relationship with ALL persons.”
Sunday the gospel reading is Jesus healing ten people with leprosy. One returns to give thanks. Come to worship; join with these ancient people to pray for God’s mercy; and in Christ join with the community of faith to be healed.
October 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Sunday the gospel reading is Jesus healing ten people with leprosy. One returns to give thanks. Come to worship; join with these ancient people to pray for God’s mercy; and in Christ join with the community of faith to be healed.
Oct 4 this week we remember Francis of Assisi, renewer of the church (d. 1226). He gave up his inheritance to serve poor people; formed the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans), & preached "using words if necessary." Francis' gratitude for all of God's creation is still appreciated today.
October 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Oct 4 this week we remember Francis of Assisi, renewer of the church (d. 1226). He gave up his inheritance to serve poor people; formed the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans), & preached "using words if necessary." Francis' gratitude for all of God's creation is still appreciated today.
Jesus Christ – faithful in much – welcomes us, no matter where we have come from, business owner, manager, employee - no matter our reputation, even though we are "too old to dig and too proud to beg." Our future is assured in his embrace.
September 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Jesus Christ – faithful in much – welcomes us, no matter where we have come from, business owner, manager, employee - no matter our reputation, even though we are "too old to dig and too proud to beg." Our future is assured in his embrace.
The gospel this coming Sunday deals with something that concerns us all: money. Luke calls us “children of light,” and we'll gather to reflect upon how to live our lives in the light Christ. Are we faithful managers or owners of our riches? Come to worship, to think and pray about this.
September 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The gospel this coming Sunday deals with something that concerns us all: money. Luke calls us “children of light,” and we'll gather to reflect upon how to live our lives in the light Christ. Are we faithful managers or owners of our riches? Come to worship, to think and pray about this.
Scribes & pharisees grumbled: This Jesus welcomes sinners & eats with them. The cause of their grumbling is actually our holy hope... that our God wills to seek & to save the lost. Because there are no “all-good,” “all-the-time” or “un-lost” people. It’s all of us, beloved. Every blessed one of us.
September 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Scribes & pharisees grumbled: This Jesus welcomes sinners & eats with them. The cause of their grumbling is actually our holy hope... that our God wills to seek & to save the lost. Because there are no “all-good,” “all-the-time” or “un-lost” people. It’s all of us, beloved. Every blessed one of us.
Sept 14 is Holy Cross Day each year. Jesus' friends rejected the idea that he and they walk the way of the cross. Jesus was not the savior they expected but he's exactly the one we needed. Come home to the cross as a new school year begins. We'll be expecting you. Join us online or in person.
September 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Sept 14 is Holy Cross Day each year. Jesus' friends rejected the idea that he and they walk the way of the cross. Jesus was not the savior they expected but he's exactly the one we needed. Come home to the cross as a new school year begins. We'll be expecting you. Join us online or in person.
In Sunday's gospel, Jesus calls us to “carry the cross.” But didn’t he carry the cross for us? Join us for worship, to meditate on the word of God and to share in the bread & wine, practice reconciliation & community, and so follow Jesus as his disciple, marked with his cross.
September 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
In Sunday's gospel, Jesus calls us to “carry the cross.” But didn’t he carry the cross for us? Join us for worship, to meditate on the word of God and to share in the bread & wine, practice reconciliation & community, and so follow Jesus as his disciple, marked with his cross.
Come to my table, my friends, heirs. Come, move up higher. As I have treated you, treat those you meet… Invite them to your tables, the poor & broken. Invite them as my friends & my heirs. There is room enough for all at this table. You will be blessed. In them you will find me.
September 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Come to my table, my friends, heirs. Come, move up higher. As I have treated you, treat those you meet… Invite them to your tables, the poor & broken. Invite them as my friends & my heirs. There is room enough for all at this table. You will be blessed. In them you will find me.
How is this gospel reading for Sunday good news?: Being a believer brings not peace, but dissension... The word of God is a refining fire... Jesus is the great divide in human history. Whether refining fire, dross, chaff. Come to worship to hear what's with all this. Life together strengthens us.
August 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
How is this gospel reading for Sunday good news?: Being a believer brings not peace, but dissension... The word of God is a refining fire... Jesus is the great divide in human history. Whether refining fire, dross, chaff. Come to worship to hear what's with all this. Life together strengthens us.
We cannot build a bridge of our own to God. So God built one of human flesh and bone to us... God's son, heir, his body, together with some heavy wooden timbers - cross bracing, as it were - would span the divide once and for all. That's about as laughable as a 90 year old pregnant woman... Sara.
August 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
We cannot build a bridge of our own to God. So God built one of human flesh and bone to us... God's son, heir, his body, together with some heavy wooden timbers - cross bracing, as it were - would span the divide once and for all. That's about as laughable as a 90 year old pregnant woman... Sara.
Jesus says, “It is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom." It is God’s promise from the beginning—to Abraham, to the early church, & to the “little flock" of which we are a part in assembly. Trust the promises of God. Have no fear. Join us in the Jesus' company.
August 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Jesus says, “It is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom." It is God’s promise from the beginning—to Abraham, to the early church, & to the “little flock" of which we are a part in assembly. Trust the promises of God. Have no fear. Join us in the Jesus' company.
...Abraham bargained with God. "Jeremiah prayed laying in squalor. Job prayed from his dunghill. Jonah was in the belly of a whale, & the Lord listened to all these prayers... And you, even if you are in the baths (or a tractor), pray; wherever you are, pray." — John Chrysostom
July 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
...Abraham bargained with God. "Jeremiah prayed laying in squalor. Job prayed from his dunghill. Jonah was in the belly of a whale, & the Lord listened to all these prayers... And you, even if you are in the baths (or a tractor), pray; wherever you are, pray." — John Chrysostom
Remembering the Emmanuel 9 today:
At the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, voting members designated June 17 as the annual commemoration of the martyrdom of the Emanuel 9 — the 9 people shot and killed on June 17, 2015, during a Bible study at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC.
At the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, voting members designated June 17 as the annual commemoration of the martyrdom of the Emanuel 9 — the 9 people shot and killed on June 17, 2015, during a Bible study at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC.
June 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Remembering the Emmanuel 9 today:
At the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, voting members designated June 17 as the annual commemoration of the martyrdom of the Emanuel 9 — the 9 people shot and killed on June 17, 2015, during a Bible study at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC.
At the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, voting members designated June 17 as the annual commemoration of the martyrdom of the Emanuel 9 — the 9 people shot and killed on June 17, 2015, during a Bible study at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC.
Sunday we hear about a naked and disturbed man who would break out of his restraints and run around frightening people in a cemetery. Come to worship, to hear what happens when this man encounters Christ. Come to worship, and yourself encounter Christ. See how much Jesus can do.
June 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Sunday we hear about a naked and disturbed man who would break out of his restraints and run around frightening people in a cemetery. Come to worship, to hear what happens when this man encounters Christ. Come to worship, and yourself encounter Christ. See how much Jesus can do.