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Nov 17, 20194 min read
God’s Vision of Shalom
Pastor Brian Rajcok Luke 21:5-19 Last week Jesus was asked about the afterlife and we talked about all the different directions the Bible...
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Nov 10, 20196 min read
What do we know about the afterlife?
When I was a kid I remember my mom reading me a children’s book about heaven. It sounded so incredible, so much better than this earthly...
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Nov 3, 20194 min read
All Saints’ Day
Pastor Bill White Read Luke 6:17-49 I’ve noticed people’s willingness To stand in long lines … IF We think there is something GOOD,...
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Oct 27, 20195 min read
Reformation Sunday
Pastor Brian Rajcok St. Matthew Lutheran Church Luke 18: 9-14 Sunday October 27, 2019 Reformation Sunday: The Pharisee & The Tax...
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Oct 20, 20194 min read
The Fiesty Widow
I was a young woman at the Metropolitan Art Museum in NYC. It was lunchtime, so I stepped outside the museum to grab a bite to eat at a...
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Oct 13, 20194 min read
Saying Thank You
Our sister church Concordia Lutheran in Manchester focused on gratitude in their stewardship campaign a few years ago. In order to look...
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Oct 6, 20195 min read
Our True Worth: Humility
I saw the Downton Abbey movie this week, and it got me thinking about social hierarchies. The long running TV show recounts the fortunes...
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Sep 29, 20196 min read
A Spirituality of Generosity
Pastor Brian Rajcok St. Matthew Lutheran Church Luke 16:19-31 Sunday September 29, 2019 So there I was at Shop-Rite the other night. ...
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Sep 16, 20195 min read
God of the Lost
Imagine you’re a Pharisee in the first century. You know the religious requirements for being holy and you’ve spent your entire life...
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Sep 9, 20195 min read
Inner Vision
When I was in high school, I went on a study trip to Washington DC. It was a year round program that brought together kids from around...
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Sep 6, 20196 min read
Seating Arrangements, Jesus Style.
I had a meeting once with our former bishop, Margaret Payne. It was a required meeting to re-up my ordained status, as I was not serving...
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Aug 22, 20195 min read
Division & Fire
A common theme in the Gospel of Luke is that Jesus’ ministry is gonna turn the world upside-down.
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Aug 14, 20195 min read
Faith, Doubt, and Imagination.
As a young person, I was a bit of a skeptic about Christianity. When I went to college, I decided that I would take some religion classes...
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Aug 5, 20195 min read
Build Bigger Barns
A few years ago, I read in the newspaper about Yale environmental studies grad student building her own tiny house to bring to school....
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Jul 21, 20196 min read
The Art of Listening
Kathy was a naturalist before she became a pastor. One of her jobs was to give guided walks in state par
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Jul 17, 20196 min read
Who's my neighbor
In 1996 the KKK held a rally in Ann Arbor Michigan, home of Michigan University.
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Jun 16, 20195 min read
The Flow of the Divine: The Dance of Trinity
Pastor Brian Rajcok
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