Sermons by Vicar Paul Eldred (Page 6)

Sermons by Vicar Paul Eldred (Page 6)

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Storm Sunday

My siblings in Christ, let me say how grateful I am to be with you all. I’ve had the chance to meet some of you by now, but for those who don’t know me, I am Vicar Paul Eldred and this is the third week of my pastoral residency here at Wicker Park Lutheran. I look forward to getting to know you all during my year here, but for just a short blurb about me, I am a senior at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago down in Hyde Park. I spent the past year as a full-time pastoral intern in St. Peter, Minnesota. Even though I’ve spent the past three years in the Midwest, I’m not from here – the Pacific Northwest is home for me. In fact, three years ago as my husband and I were moving from Seattle to Chicago so I could start seminary, I remember very clearly the day we could tell that we had entered the Midwest…