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Behold, your servant!
A few weeks before Christmas, little Benjamin was thinking about what he really wanted for Christmas. This year, it was a Star Wars Lego set. All his friends had this, and he really wanted one. And Benjamin wanted to write a letter to Jesus … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Behold, Christ, Christmas, church, contemplation, discipleship, forgiveness, German tradition, God, Gospel, Gospel of Luke, grace, Jesus, joke, love, Luke, Lutheran, Magnificat, Mary, maturity, New Testament, pray, Reformation, sermon, servant, spiritual growth, vision, Worship
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Surrender, to be free indeed: a sermon for Reformation Sunday
I am grateful that by some coincidence the choir sang today a piece whose title was, “I surrender to Jesus”. And, indeed, the thread that runs through the whole song is the act of of surrendering. This theme might, on … Continue reading
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Tagged alone, antisemitism, bible, Carl Sagan, Christ, church, conflict, Contact the movie, Cross, death, defeat, faith, film, forgiveness, God, grace, hatred, history, humility, Jesus, Jodie Foster, Lutheran, Martin Luther, New Testament, paradox, Pittsburgh, preaching, Reformation, Reformation Sunday, release, religion, religious wars, Roman Catholic, scripture, sermon, surrender, theology, theology of glory, theology of the cross, trust, victory, violence, Worship
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Lent
All we need to do during this season of Lent, is just slow down a bit. Displaying a delightful play on words, this photo of Dorchester Ave in Ottawa suggests in the French language what drivers must do in the … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Meditation, photos, Theological Reflection
Tagged Christ, Christian Meditation, church calendar, community, devotion, Easter, God, Jesus, Lenten season, life, lifestyle, meditation, mission, other, photo, prayer, relationship, service, slow
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Thanksgiving builds commUNItY
Sometimes what I see in nature represents how I feel. For example: “The dark, thunder clouds looked angry,” we say. Or, “The deer leapt with joy across the meadow.” Nature has a way of evoking feelings within us. When I … Continue reading
Posted in photos, Theological Reflection
Tagged bible, Cape Disappointment, Christ, church, community, Dinkelsbuhl, ecumenism, Eucharist, faith, Germany, God, good news, Gospel, history, Holy Communion, Jesus, lectionary, Luke, Lutheran, Martin Luther, New Testament, peace, praise, preaching, Reformation, Reformation 500, reforming, revised common lectionary, Roman Catholic, sacrament, sermon, spiritual growth, thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day
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Why? To melt hearts of stone
In a typical Canadian winter at this time of year, salt and light (Matthew 5:13-20), of course, serve a particular purpose. It doesn’t matter how cold it can still get in February, if the sun is shining then the snow … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Canada, Christ, Christian, Christianity, church, church buildings, culture, Ezekiel, gift, gifts, God, good news, Gospel, hatred, Jesus, Julian of Norwich, lectionary, light, love, Lutheran, Matthew, mission, purpose, Quebec mosque, relationships, salt, violence, why, Winter
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One light in the dark world
The bible doesn’t always help alleviate a low grade angst growing at this time of year. Abduction-type images are splashed on the canvas of our imaginations: “one will be taken, one will be left” (Matthew 24:40-41). The notion of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Berlin Wall, bible, candle, carols, Christ, Christmas, Christmas Truce, church, cold, Cold War, English, German, grace, Isaiah, Jesus, knowing, knowledge, light, love, Micah, New Testament, peace, presidential election, prophet, relationships, Saint Paul, seasons, sermon, thinking, thoughts, unconditional love, United States, unity, war, warm, Winter, wisdom, World War One
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Easter: Jesus on the loose, now!
A mother was putting her young, eight-year-old girl to bed one night. The girl, accustomed to saying her prayers as part of her bedtime ritual, said to her Mom: “I want to die so I can see Jesus.” Taken aback, … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Paul, baptism, belief, body of Christ, change, children, Christ, church, death, disciples, Easter, eternal life, faith, Gospel, history, Jesus, Jew, liturgy, Martin Luther, Mary, New Testament, On Eagle's Wings, Rabbi, resurrection, Resurrection of our Lord, Rumi, salvation, sermon, spiritual growth, transformation, truth
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