Blog Archive

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Who Do You Know?

I recently read an article in Luther Seminary Magazine [my alma mater] about a church...
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Lutheran Theology in Surprising Places

A few years ago in a sermon at our Synod Assembly, then Assistant to the...
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You Are What You Earn?????

Pastor Bill had a really great sermon on Sunday. If you did not get a...
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God is Watching

Last week, an ESPN reporter was recorded telling off a worker at the company who...
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Something Bigger

Last week in my sermon I told a story of being at an Easter egg...

Sent or Gone?

I want the congregation to know that I am NOT going on a sabbatical this...
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This Is My Week

This is it--our big week in the church. We started yesterday waving palms and celebrating...
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Happiness vs. Joy

I am still thinking about broken hearts. And how common it is to try to...
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A Broken Open Heart

I have a dream of taking my family to a warm, tropical location. It is...
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Jesus Loves Me

We took a family trip last weekend and went to see my in-laws who are...