Mercy Seat

We had lunch yesterday with the 3 pastors and a musician from Mercy Seat, a new church start in Northeast Minneapolis. It's one of those great convergences -- a Baptist from House of Mercy with a PhD. in philosophy joining forces with a couple Lutherans and our Minneapolis Area Synod to start a new church for the "critcially orthodox." And they've found a home at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, where my co-pastor here at ECLC was pastor for 10 years. It made me a little itchy for that new church development excitement. But there's plenty of new stuff on the horizon here at ECLC to keep me busy. It's great to be in a town with so many creative, gospel-grounded ministries.