Category: Pastor’s Blog
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Ask the Pastor – Worship Stuff Part 4 – Offering
Have you ever wondered why we do what we do during worship? What’s up with the passing the peace? Why do we have a community confession? What exactly are we saying when we profess the creed? Maybe you’ve wondered if there’s more to the offering besides collecting gifts for the church. If you’ve been asking, if…
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Ask the Pastor – Worship Stuff Part 3 – The Creed
Have you ever wondered why we do what we do during worship? What’s up with the passing the peace? Why do we have a community confession? What exactly are we saying when we profess the creed?Maybe you’ve wondered if there’s more to the offering besides collecting gifts for the church. If you’ve been asking, if you’ve…
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Ask the Pastor – Worship Stuff Part 2 – Confession & Forgiveness
Have you ever wondered why we do what we do during worship? What’s up with the passing the peace? Why do we have a community confession? Maybe you’ve wondered if there’s more to the offering besides collecting gifts for the church. If you’ve been asking, if you’ve been curious, if you’ve been wondering, this is…
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Ask the Pastor – Worship Stuff Part 1 – Passing the Peace
Have you ever wondered why we do what we do during worship? What’s up with the passing the peace? Or why are we always confessing our sins? Maybe you’ve wondered if there’s more to the offering besides collecting gifts for the church. If you’ve been asking, if you’ve been curious, if you’ve been wondering, this…
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Easter Bustle
Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen.” ~ Luke 24:5b Christ is risen! Alleluia! I love the Easter season. I love the flowers, the songs, the time with family gathered together. Although Easter Sunday has passed, the Easter season actually lasts for seven weeks. Yes!…
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Giving Thanks This Holy Week
For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. ~ Romans 12:4-5 ESV I am always amazed at the ministry that can happen together. Whether that be the ways we…
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Vacation Bible School Excitement
So I am well aware that Vacation Bible School (VBS) is still more than six months away. I know that that. But I’m a planner, and so that means we’ve already put in the order for this year’s ROAR VBS. Tagline: Life is Wild, God is good! And the package came this week. So I’m…
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Empowering Life – Prison Ministry
I was recently asked to share my experience serving with Empowering Life, why I care about prison ministry, and what this ministry of St Mark Lutheran of the Narrows and our Synod means to me. I of course wrote way more than they needed, and so I thought I’d share it here. Empowering Life It’s…
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Dealing With the Creativity Block
I find a lot of joy in the creative aspects of my life. Whether it be sermon and blog writing, graphic design, ideas for ministry, or even knitting. As a result of the joyous creativity in my life there are often times I find myself stuck. That creativity block is the worst. For example, stuck…
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What is Bishop’s Convocation?
As this blog is posted, I’m currently at a conference center north of Gig Harbor with pastors from all over our synod. Most of our announcements list that I’m at “Bishop’s Conference”, which is true. But actually it’s called “Bishop’s Convocation”, so what’s the difference? Convocation Vs. Conference To begin with, there isn’t a huge…