Category: Pastor’s Blog
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Hopes & Dreams Part 1 – A God of Relationship
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As part of my process to become an ordained minister in the ELCA, in 2016 I was required to write an essay focusing on my hopes and dreams for the church, where I see God at work in the world, and what […]
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Learning Lutheran Part 2: Wrestling with our Faith
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Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance ~Proverbs 1:5 Something that brought me such joy this last year was our first part of the Learning Lutheran series we did through the fall and winter. These […]
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Not My First Mother’s Day
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The Lord dealt with Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as he had promised. Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the time of which God had spoken to him. Genesis 21:1-2 […]
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Journey through Genesis – Week 5
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“Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today.” ~ Genesis 50:20 The story of Joseph and his brothers is one that many of us […]
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Journeying into Genesis – Week 4
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Then the man said, “You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans, and have prevailed.” ~Genesis 32:28 As promised in my last post on Genesis, even though by the time you are […]
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Christ is Risen! Alleluia!
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He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. ~Matthew 28:6 I am so sad that I am not at Bethany this week. I mean, I’m writing this weeks ahead of time, […]
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Journeying into Genesis – Week 3
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I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. ~ Genesis 12:2 I know it’s been a few weeks since we completed our Journeying through Genesis […]
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Awkward Prayers – My Experiencing with “Stretch & Pray”
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Therefore glorify God in your body. 1 Corinthians 6:20b When I was on retreat in January, one of the things that I discovered was a book titled “Stretch and Pray” by Murray D. Finck. And to be honest, when I peeked at […]
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Are you listening? – Hearing God’s Voice
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We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life ~ 1 John 1:1 I have never […]