This is Nurse’s Appreciation Week.  The pandemic has landed upon those skilled, educated, and compassionate people who have answered the vocational call to become nurses. New Spirit, and before us, Spanish Trail Lutheran, have had a great number of nurses among our community of faith.  Some serve(d) in Tucson hospitals and clinics.  Some served as

Gov. Ducey announced April 29th that “shelter-in-place order” will continue in Arizona until the end of May.  While numbers seem to be improving, the virus is still active and deadly. That being said, the Bishop’s Office has instructed congregations in the Grand Canyon Synod to not meet in person until the end of May.  We

We are quickly approaching the end of April! We are living in the midst of this unprecedented virus pandemic, and dealing with life masked, distanced, and in so many ways, alone. I am learning a lot, but not fast enough, about streaming worship on-line, but it is painfully clear I don’t understand enough for it