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You’re in Good Company

November 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment

We are gathered here on All Saints Sunday so that we can be in the good company of the living saints and the good company of the eternal saints

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Stewardship as an Act of Proclamation

October 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment

How far into your day can you get, for example, without hearing or seeing an ad for your favorite breakfast cereal, athletic shoes, or fast food chain? Not very far.

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Lutheran Aerobics

October 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Week 1 of Stewardship Month Acts 2: 37-47 Oldlutheran.com, the website that describes itself as the “Center for Lutheran Pride,” sells a T-Shirt titled “Lutheran Aerobics.” Printed on the front of the t-shirt is a series of three cartoon frames. The first begins with a person standing up holding the hymnal [...]

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Believe it or not…

September 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Have you ever heard of that game called “Two Truths and a Lie”? It’s often used as an ice breaker for groups, especially with youth groups. It’s designed to help you learn something new and interesting about the people around you.

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Finders Keepers

September 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia Luke 15:1-10 Pentecost 16 Mark Allen thought that it was time to hang it up. He was tired, burned out, ready for something new. He had run his florist shop for fifteen years and it had run him into the ground. Exhausted, sick to death of the same old, same old, he [...]

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Jesus’ Table Manners

August 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I’ve recently been taking an aerobics class at the YMCA. And just like you all have your preferred pew in this sanctuary, I have my special “spot” in the gym: second row on the left, so I can see the instructor clearly and know what I’m supposed to be doing.

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By Faith

August 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Image by nyello8 via Flickr Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Pentecost 11 This past week I have thought quite a bit about those six teens in Louisiana who drowned at a family picnic. They hadn’t been at the river but a few minutes when, while wading, one got in trouble and in their attempt to rescue him [...]

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Wealth Management

August 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Last week, during our mission trip with the youth, my small group found ourselves responsible for taking all the food that our group didn’t use by the end of week to the Urban Ministry Center, uptown.

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Have You Got A Moment?

July 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia Luke 11:1-13 Pentecost 9 A young mother had been teaching her three-year-old daughter the Lord’s Prayer. For several evenings at bedtime, the little girl would repeat the lines of the prayer after her mother. Finally, the little girl decided to go solo. Her mom listened with pride as the child carefully enunciated [...]

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Caught in a Trap of Mercy

July 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Today’s Gospel story is one of the most familiar parables in the New Testament. You’ve probably heard it a thousand times: a man is lying by the side of the road, robbed, stripped, and beaten. Two people – a priest and Levite – people of good reputations – cross the street to avoid coming into contact with him, while a Samaritan, a person with a not-so-good reputation stops and shows him mercy.

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