Weekly Words
I could write my own blog this week of course, but David Lose presents such a beautiful theological reflection on a recent UCLA study of contemporary American life, that I think I’ll simply commend his words to you instead. Take a moment and follow the link below. http://www.workingpreacher.org/dear_wp.aspx?article_id=606
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Holy Hospitalities/Infinite Possibilities I, personally, was exhausted from all that travel (36 hours on a train was only the start, an hour on a bus, 3 hours on a boat, and then another hour on a bus) when we rolled into the village. I had no clue what to expect – I only knew I…
Read MoreComo Park Lutheran’s Visit to San Jose Lutheran Church in Santa Amelia, Guatemala June 2012 More Photos are available at http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.404749776238045.90856.316630815049942&type=1 Jeff Kragness, Ruth Pechauer, Matthew Franz, my children, Siri and Peder and I are all recently returned from Guatemala and it’s time to share some impressions before they fade from memory. Everyone asks, “What…
Read MoreLess than a week ago I was at St. Joseph’s Hospital, receiving a pacemaker from St. Jude’s Medical. All of this because our parish nurse, St. Ginger, took my blood pressure at a senior citizen’s event and said to me, “Do you have an irregular heartbeat?…I think you do.” Which quickly led me to several…
Read MoreYesterday, President Obama made it official that he affirms same-sex couples’ right to marry. It was bold – no doubt it will cost him votes, but it will also win him votes. Certainly Mr. Obama’s statement was to some extent motivated by informed political strategy, but I also feel like the President was speaking from…
Read MoreGold And I love her so. I wouldn’t trade her for gold. Walking on moonbeams I was born with a silver spoon. Hell I’m gonna be me. Gonna be free. Walking on moonbeams And staring out to sea. And if a door be closed Then a row of homes start building And tear your curtains…
Read MoreGood Friday is the day of our Lord’s passion. here the word “passion” means “suffering and death.” It is a day of betrayal, torture, cowardice and denial. And it is the day our Lord was crucified, hung and died. The songs for the day are somber. The color for the day is blackness. The mood…
Read MoreThen he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. 6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus answered, “You do not know now what I am…
Read MoreGod make me a generous man [/woman]. I like to be around generous people, because generous people are just more fun. They’re the joyful ones. I like the person at McDonalds who dropped their change – a dollar plus coins!- into the McDonald’s house container, not because the amount means nothing to them, but because…
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