Saturday 02 July 2022
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…
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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…
Read PostSunday 16 January 2022
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…
Read PostThursday 14 October 2021
Bishop’s Theological Conference 2021 “You Are Loved” October 11, 2021 Peter began to say to Jesus, ‘Look, we have left everything and followed you.’ Jesus said, ‘Truly I tell…
Read PostFriday 13 August 2021
Last month I read Annette Gordon-Reed’s latest book, On Juneteenth. I chose her Pulitzer Prize-winning book because I recognized how little I knew about this annual celebration within the African…
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