Devlyn Brooks 2021

Devlyn Brooks

Columnist

Devlyn Brooks is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and serves Faith Lutheran Church in Wolverton, Minnesota. He blogs about faith at findingfaithin.com, and can be reached at devlynbrooks@gmail.com.

“I heard many tales from the attendees who came from various Christian strains. No doctrines, nor dogma. … Simply stories from the heart, reasons why they dearly loved their home church and even their own intimate call stories.”
"While it seems our country is unmoored, there are still things that pull us together. Just like a fall church auction on a beautiful, sunlit Sunday afternoon."
“The Holy Spirit doesn’t stop working just because an election was held,” Devlyn Brooks writes. “We just often stop looking for the evidence.”
"I will spend my days following the election the same way I spent them leading up to the election: Trying to understand those who I serve, and also my neighbors, friends and loved ones."
"None of this in the past three years would have been possible without the Spirit’s hand in making it happen."
"I am poignantly reminded that we live in a stream of time, and at no point do we get to freeze that stream, as much as we would like to."
83-year-old grandma Darlene Bratberg credits God for leading her to clowning
Insects of all varieties are disappearing in a giant “bugpacolypse,” Devlyn Brooks writes. "And it’s past time that we own up to the reality that we are failing at being stewards of God’s earthly creation."
A crow, a dog leash, and surprise neighbor and a misguided fashion accessory lead to a moment of comical frustration for the Finding Faith columnist.
"Much of our division today is because we’ve been convinced that love is another of this world’s resources that is finite. ... However, that’s not what our Creator teaches us."