Tag: god
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Without Grumbling – Philippians 2:12-18
As part of my own prayer practice, I’ve been spending my bible study time with the daily lectionary. Often these texts bring out prayerful time with God for me. But today’s text brings out some of my own grumbling . Philippians 2:12-18 12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence,…
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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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God’s Faithfulness & the Faithful – Festival of Homiletics 2018: Part 5
Start at part 1 of this series on experiences from the Festival of Homiletics 2018 here! I have nearly 30 pages of bullet points written from those five days. And there is one word that comes up on nearly every single page. The theme for the week as I mentioned before was “Preaching and Politics”, but…
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Power of Sabbath
Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. ~Exodus 20:8 It feels like it’s been forever since I’ve published a blog post. But when I actually look, I only took two weeks off from the blog. And with the busy-ness of the Lenten season, Easter, and then going on vacation, it’s hardly surprising that writing…
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When Words Fail
Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy. Kyrie Eleison In the wake of last week’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, I found myself with out words. Still my heart struggles, still words seem to fail me. And honestly, as I left our Ash Wednesday service last week, just…
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Hopes & Dreams Part 3 – Vocational Calling
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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Awkward Prayers – My Experiencing with “Stretch & Pray”
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 the agenda for that day and saw “Stretch and Pray” on the schedule,…
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God, Fear, & WebMD
But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. Isaiah 43:1 Something that they sort of leave out of the greeting cards, showers, and even much of the reading…
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Epiphany – Opening our Eyes to God
When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy. ~Matthew 2:10 The liturgical (church) season has changed once again. We are out of Advent, out of Christmas, and into the season of Epiphany. This is one of those few times during the year when my hair doesn’t match the stoles and paraments.…
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A Revelation New Year
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more,…