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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 30, 20196 min read
A Spirituality of Generosity
So there I was at Shop-Rite the other night. Doing some grocery shopping, getting all kinds of delicious vegan food. Stocking up cuz I...
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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 20, 20194 min read
My Faith Story - Sarah Burns
I’d like to preface my faith story with a few facts about myself. The first is
something that I expect is common to many of us – my belief
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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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May 19, 20194 min read
Surrounded By Intelligences Other Than Our Own
This is in stark contrast with how the Bible portrays our relationship with the natural world. Our Psalm today calls on all aspects of...
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May 12, 20194 min read
The Great Promised Feast
When I was a young woman, I saw a film called Longtime Companion. The movie chronicled the lives of several gay men during the AIDS...
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