Weekly Words
Check out this eerie video on YouTube. It is news footage from the riots in Egypt during the Arab Spring last year. The end of the video shows a strange green figure that appears to be a ghost of a man riding a horse. The rider trots threw the mob and disappears off the screen…
Read MoreI worry that too many Christians simply rely on the politicians to interpret the Bible for them. (What does an “Obama theology” or a “Santorum theology” look like?) As we careen toward some cultural decisions regarding marriage, and some groups are arguing for laws and constitutions that uphold a “Biblical” view of marriage, it might…
Read MoreMany of you have probably seen this video of Guy Paul “Yosemite Bear” Vasquez and his Double Rainbow (it’s at 32+million views right now). It’s worth revisiting if you haven’t. It’s hilarious, but it’s also deeply profound and beautiful. Vasquez is moved and perplexed by the rainbows – he yells out, “What does this mean?”…
Read MoreJesus’ clothes became a dazzling white, such as no fuller on Earth could bleach them. A cloud [the presence of God] descended on him. A voice was heard, “Listen to him!” Two mighty prophets, fore-runners of the Messiah’s coming, appeared with him. Peter declared, “Let us build three booths here,” because according to many, the…
Read MoreThis past Tuesday, about 12 of us from the Lutherans and Lattes group took a field trip to Luther Seminary. We started our tour at the new coffee shop in the remodeled Olson Campus Center. Then, with lattes in hand (Americano for me), we began our trek around the campus. We saw a ton of…
Read MoreBy now you may have seen the congregation’s new logo. If you look at it just so, you can see the park, you can see a human figure with arms outstretched in praise. You can see in its geometry what just might be a church building. And the words declare: Como Park Lutheran. But where’s…
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