Tuesday 03 January 2023
“Cold December flies away … when all seemed lost in night, came the sun whose golden light brings unending joy, brings the endless joy of our hope … Son beloved…
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Joint Ministerium 2022 Luther Seminary October 27, 2022 Romans 12:2-9; Matthew 20:20-28 “For Christ’s Sake” Grace and peace to you from our Good and Gracious God. AMEN. My…
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As a kid, I loved going to the Fourth of July fireworks. Our family would sit together on a blanket at Roger Young Park in our hometown and marvel at…
Read PostSunday 12 June 2022
Beginning with the first generation of Christians, some have died because of their faith, bearing the brutality and violence of those who opposed the way of Jesus. In this century,…
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Fifth Sunday of Easter John 13:31-35 Synod Assembly 2022 Grace and peace to you in the name of the Living God, Jesus Christ, crucified and risen. Amen. On…
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Ministerium at Lutheran Church of the Resurrection Tuesday in Holy Week 2022 John 12:20-36 Grace and peace to you in the name of the Most High God. Amen. Of…
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Prayer Service for Ukraine Luke 21: 7-17 “The Final Word” Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis March 6, 2021 Grace and peace to you in the name of the Holy…
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I first read Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” as a high school senior. Written in April 1963 after his arrest during a public demonstration in Alabama, King used…
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“Let us hold fast to the confession of our faith without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.” – Hebrews 10:23 This past year has been a wild…
Read PostSaturday 18 December 2021
At the end of last December, I brought my 95-year-old sister from New Jersey to live with me. It had simply become too tough for her to live on her…
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