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Some thoughts on Christmas services
1. Having to wait an hour and a half between two Christmas Eve evening services is not fun ( Read more... ) -
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So today, I'm out running errands, and I run to the post office (my great-uncle died, and I have a card to send to my great-aunt, but no stamps). On the way back, I'm driving on the main road, when a car, which is attempting to cross the road I'm on, decides to cross. He didn't see me, I didn't see him until he was in front of my car. Luckily, I ( Read more... ) -
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I made it through the busiest week yet...wahoo! The week ended today with the youth Christmas party - lots of fun ( Read more... ) -
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The holidays are upon us, and boy, can I tell! This week is crazy busy; Thursday night is the only night I have to myself. In addition to normal office hours (9-4:30ish, Monday through Thursday), here's my week ( Read more... ) -
Sermon time!
Since we missed the "official" Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Sunday back in October, we switched it to this past Sunday. It also happened to be the Sunday when I was going to preach. So preach I did. And Peter got two phones calls from people who were annoyed by my sermon (they thought I was being political - I wasn't). Go me! I did my job ( Read more... ) -
Happy Reformation!
In honor of Reformation Day, here's my article for St. Mark's October newsletter. I'm not trying to toot my own horn, but I received several compliments on it! (Special thanks to Max for the quote ( Read more... ) -
Sermon: 19 Pentecost C
“Increase our faith”? Does anyone else feel like we’ve missed something with today’s gospel reading? Why do the apostles come to Jesus saying, “Increase our faith”? I mean, these are the ‘big guys’, the ones who have been out preaching, healing, driving out demons. What has led them to think that their current level of faithfulness is not good ( Read more... ) -
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Well, Sunday was an interesting day. I had the children's sermon for both services (the first time in almost two months). We do the "put a random item in the bag" type. The first service, the child brought an old computer drive; it was flat and round - I'd never seen one before. When I pulled it out, I thought it was a lazy susan. After a bit ( Read more... )