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Vision Quest
In Native American culture there is a rite of passage called the Vision quest. Typically an adolescent boy goes into the wilderness alone...
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Jan 13, 20194 min read
The Big OK
Some scripture passages stick with you: your confirmation verse, the Christmas story, Psalm 23. This Old Testament lesson sticks with me...
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Jan 6, 20195 min read
By Another Road
When I was a child, my mother used to let me play with the nativity scene. We set it up on the lid of the piano, and added figures as the...
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Dec 30, 20185 min read
What Is Healing Prayer?
When I came to Manchester as a student pastor, one of the first people I met was Wayne. Wayne was a retired insurance guy, and the parish...
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Dec 24, 20185 min read
Modern Day Bethlehems
Its Christmas Eve. and we’ve got all the makings for most incredible night Stars in the sky Holy hush Celestial choirs Good tidings of...
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Dec 16, 20185 min read
Solidarity
When I was in grade school, my cousin Gayle came to stay with us for a few weeks. I thought it was great having an older cousin who would...
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Dec 11, 20185 min read
Embrace the Wilderness
Over a decade ago, I met a colleague at one of the ELCA’s global mission events. His name is Pastor Ross Goodman, and he serves at the...
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Dec 3, 20183 min read
Living in Safety in the Era of Big Data
The key to the people’s safety is spelled out in this passage, and it isn’t what they had tried before. Prior to Babylon’s invasion, the...
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Nov 29, 20184 min read
What Is Truth?
“What is truth?” Pilate’s question to Jesus the night before his execution seems strikingly modern. The internet has brought us...
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Nov 18, 20184 min read
The First Church of Bob
It turns out that Jesus responds to a similar question today in our Gospel lesson. Jesus and his disciples were outside the temple in...
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Nov 11, 20184 min read
Out of her poverty,
The older gentleman walked the rails to trails path with a cane. The night before had been a blustery one, and many stick littered the...
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Oct 28, 20185 min read
God’s Abundant Grace
It’s big news at the Reuning-Scherer household: my daughter Stephanie has a job. She is now the cantor at Our Lady of Sorrows Roman...
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Oct 16, 20183 min read
The Quiltmaker’s Gift
The Quiltmaker’s Gift and our Gospel Story have a lot in common: Both feature men who have many possessions; In both stories the men are...
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Oct 14, 20183 min read
How Often Do You Have Conversations with God?
How often do you have conversations with God? I really mean conversations. Like He’s sitting next to you and you say, Dear God, I...
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Oct 8, 20184 min read
Still Small Voice
Good morning Sisters & Brothers in Christ, When Pastor Julie asked me to share my faith story with everyone, I was excited at the...
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Oct 2, 20184 min read
Would that All the Lord’s People Were Prophets!
One of the ministries PB and I have helped to start in the parishes we’ve served is a visitation ministry. It involves training lay...
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Sep 27, 20184 min read
Defy the Pecking Order
Jesus seemed to know of their argument. And so he sat down, in the position of a rabbi, and began to teach them. First he taught them...
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Sep 24, 20183 min read
The Beginner’s Mind
To me this passage has an important message: that those of us who assume roles of leadership, governance, and instruction— also need to...
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Sep 23, 20182 min read
Abundance In Unexpected Places
Good Morning! I am here from the Stewardship Committee to talk a bit about the next 6 weeks. We will have two Faith Stories in October...
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Sep 9, 20184 min read
Hypocrisy
That’s is deal with hypocrisy: there is a fundamental mismatch between behavior and values. The Greek word hypocrite was technical term...
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