Tag: faith
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Hopes & Dreams Part 7 – Reaching Out
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 I believe about our incredible God. Over the next few weeks I’ll be…
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Hopes & Dreams Part 5 – Holy Breadcrumbs
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 I believe about our incredible God. Over the next few weeks I’ll be…
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Hopes & Dreams Part 2 – A Community of Faith
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 I believe about our incredible God. Over the next few weeks I’ll be…
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Learning Lutheran Part 2: Wrestling with our Faith
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 are membership classes, both for those considering membership at Bethany as well as…
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Are you listening? – Hearing God’s Voice
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 heard the voice of God. Well, at least not in the biblical sense.…
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Wrestling with God
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 Genesis 32:22-31 is one of my favorite stories from Scripture – mainly because I like Jacob, I find myself wrestling with God often. When I was younger, I…