The most meaningful thing I’ve ever “fasted” during Lent was Words with Friends. Because it sparked a lasting change. Like so many absorbed in their digital devices, I found myself sneaking open my smartphone at every spare moment (and at the kitchen table during dinner) to score words like “kerfuffle” and “cantankerous”. This clever game app, like so much social media and gaming, was designed to addict–and it had this word nerd hook, line and […]

Dear friend, I couldn’t help but chuckle. I was caring for a little one this week who, like so many others, couldn’t go to school due to sickness. I took her with me to the church office, set up a napping station and an iPad, and turned my attention to the long queue of emails awaiting my attention. When I looked up, there she was: Yes, that’s the work of Max Weber she decided to pluck […]

Beginning in January 2018, Callie Olson will join the South Elkhorn team as Student Minister. She is a native Wisconsinite, a former college basketball player, a student at Asbury Theological Seminary, and Callie shares a bit more about herself below: What impact did going to church as a child have on you? I grew up in a large United Methodist Church in Madison, Wisconsin. Going to church as a child had a significant impact on […]