Who Sends Us Out To Be the Good News SONGS ABOUT FEET When I was a child, we sang a song at church about feet. I thought it was odd at the time but everyone else was doing it, so, ok. Don’t get me wrong, I loved songs about body parts. “Do your ears hang low” was one of my favorites and even a song about your feet being too
Who Sends Us Out to Be the Good News BELIEVE One of my great laments of modern Christianity is that it has become a noun. Much of what I read abut faith, is about the what rather than the how. To be a follower of Jesus has gone from following Jesus to being a follower of Jesus. To believe has become more about agreeing with the truth of a doctrinal
Who Gathers All the Children of Earth Into One Family, Who Uses Our Abilities and Gifts, And Sends Us Out to Be the Good News. TRANSFORMATION On March 4th 2018, Spirit of Peace Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, where I was the pastor, held the dedication of the, “Urban Gathering Center.” It is a 32 bed gathering space for groups who want to come into the city to explore, serve and
Who Comes to Us In the Bread and Wine, Who Gathers All the Children of Earth Into One Family, Who Uses Our Abilities and Gifts MY FIRST CALL One day at Synod Convention, just after my graduation from Seminary, I had a chance encounter with a friend affectionately know as Doctor Abe. As we talked, I asked him what was happening down at his church, Divine Word-Pentecost. With a smile
Who Sparks Our Creative Passions, Who Comes to Us in the Bread and Wine FORGIVENESS For much of my life I have seen Holy Communion only as a vehicle to wash away my sins and start again. I have many meaningful memories of times that I was weighed down with guilt. I came forward, and knelt at the communion rail to pour out my heart. For the most part I
Who Sparks Our Creative Passions, Who Comes to Us in Bread and Wine ALONE WITH MY THOUGHTS I have tried to take spiritual retreats where I go to a quiet place armed only with my bible, a journal, and my thoughts. It usually is a miserable time. I struggle to hear God’s whisper of truth just for the sake of my personal edification. I hear stories of amazing retreats
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Who speaks to us through a familiar whisper of truth, Who Sparks Our Creative Passions WHEN GOD SPEAKS I do not claim to have ever heard the voice of God, at least not audibly. How great would that be… though maybe a bit terrifying. I guess it depends on what God says. I believe it is possible that God speaks audibly to people, but deep down I doubt it. In
We believe in God’s Spirit, Who brings the mystery of God into our hearts HEY GOOGLE We live in a world where with just a few clicks you can have a pizza delivered, view a video of a piano playing cat, and find out how many corona cases there are in every country in the world. “I just googled the question, how much data is on the internet?” The short
We believe in God’s Spirit, Who Brings the Mystery of God into Our Hearts FAITH HEALERS AND PIANNO TEACHERS There are certain things you can’t unsee. I once saw someone miraculously healed. It leaves quite an impression. My mom and dad were involved with something called the, “Charismatic Movement” back in the early eighties. I remember going to the, “Copper Country Holy Spirit Conference,” where I saw some really wild