Tag: celebration
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Theology of Play
As this post is published, I am currently at the Theology of Play conference in Portland. As a nerdy pastor, (see our “Choose Your Own Adventure Confirmation Program“) I was so excited to see a conference geared towards faith formation and play! But as I prepared myself for this week, I was reminded this idea…
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Celebrating Creation: Created to be Creative – Part 2
I’ve been celebrating this week. Through these fall months, I’ve been taking an online continuing education course titled “Created to be Creative.” (Read Part 1 here) This most recent session we read through Psalm 19 and discussed how both the psalmist and creation itself modeled creativity. What stood out most to me was the celebration…
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Ordination-versary!
As I write this, I’m getting ready for my vacation at the end of August. So I’m trying my best to get everything done that I can, which includes scheduling social media posts. I didn’t realize quite how emotional I’d be as I created the photo for a Facebook post about my ordination-versary. Rally Day…
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Remembering & Making time – All Saints Sunday
Brothers, we ant you to know bout those who have died. We do not want you to be sad as others who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and that he rose again. So, because of Jesus, God will bring together with Jesus those who have died. ~1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 International Children’s Bible…
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Not My First Mother’s Day
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 This week I am so thankful to be celebrating Mother’s day as a…
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Christ is Risen! Alleluia!
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, so I’m sure that on the day you read this I am home…
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The Feast of St Valentine – Or Something
Happy Valentine’s Day! Or depending on when you’re reading this post, if you’re reading it after Valentine’s Day, then I hope you had a wonderful day whether or not you were celebrating. And in all honesty, I know many of us don’t do much celebrating on this day. I had a friend recently realize that…