Category: Pastor’s Blog
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Stepping Back Into Ministry
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, September was not the month I expected it to be. As many of you already know, I’ve been on leave for the last few weeks to be with my father and family through his hospitalization and as we grieve his sudden…
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Embracing Stewardship Part 1 – The Money Talk
June 2019 Edit: I’m currently working on my post for this week when I realized I had begun this series and never had a part 2. I looked at the date and realized this was posted just a few days before my father’s passing. I do hope to return to this series again soon. This…
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“For I Was” – God’s Work Our Hands
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in ~Matthew 25:35 This weekend ELCA congregations across the country will be celebrating God’s Work Our Hands Day of Service. A day spent serving our community, caring…
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Time Out – Space for Empathy
“Really she wants us to try doing a time out? Hadley is barely a year old!” I found myself saying these words to my spouse, Greg, as we got into the car after Hadley’s last doctor’s appointment. “Just for one minute, especially if she’s not listening, doing something unsafe or mean.” Greg assures me. “You…
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Come to the Garden to Pray
I come to the garden alone, While the dew is still on the roses, And the voice I hear, falling on my ear, The Son of God discloses. And He walks with me, and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own, And the joy we share as we tarry there, None other has ever known. ~In the…
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God Am I Hungry – Revisited
I have a hard time believing that it was five years ago, but five years ago I wrote a blog post titled “Holy Communion – God Am I Hungry”. And it was one of my favorite pieces of writing. That blog is no longer public, but over the last few weeks as we have been…
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Yes! – Vacation Bible School Memories
“God is with us!” “Yes he is!” “God is faithful!” “Yes he is!” “God gives hope!” “Yes he does!” “Jesus is our Savior!” “Yes he is!” This has been the refrain of our Vacation Bible School week – as our kiddos cheerily shouted back to us each day, we were all reminded that God promises…