During the months of June through August, Bishop Michael Rinehart will be on a three month sabbatical. His plans include travel, prayer, walking, reading, and writing. He will be out of the country for some of that time. 
He will return on September 1, rested, renewed, and God-willing, a new creation in Christ.
During this time, Pastor Don Carlson will be writing the weekly devotionals and podcasts. 

Dr. Matthias Henze, author and editor of “A Companion to Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism“, husband of Pastor Karin Liebster at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Houston, and professor at Rice University in Houston.

He holds the Watt J. and Lilly G. Jackson Chair in Biblical Studies and is founding director of the Program in Jewish Studies at Rice.

He is also the editor of “Biblical Interpretation at Qumran” and the author of “The Syriac Apocalypse of Daniel” and “The Madness of King Nebuchadnezzar: The Ancient Near Eastern Origins and Early History of Interpretation of Daniel 4.”