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The musical performance
“You are witnesses of these things,” Jesus tells his followers.[1] What does it mean, ‘to be a witness’ to all that happened around Jesus over two thousand years ago? How can we be a witness to these things with which … Continue reading
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Traveling stones: a pilgrimage lesson in letting go
In the sixth century Saint Benedict said, “A monk should have death always before his eyes.”[1] ‘Death’ doesn’t need to refer only to our physical demise at the end of life but to any loss experienced in life. There are … Continue reading
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Jonah and the Call
When the waves started crashing over the deck of the ferry, I knew something was wrong. I remembered reading somewhere that the Baltic Sea can get unpredictably dangerous in the Fall of the year. So true. When my grandmother — … Continue reading
Posted in Theological Reflection
Tagged bible, call of God, Christian, discipleship, Eugene Peterson, faithfulness of God, following Jesus, Germany, good news, Gospel, grace, human response, Jesus, Jonah, Lutheran, Marburg, Martin Luther, mercy, sermon, spiritual growth, storm, Vancouver, whale, Worship
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Forgive = Love
To forgive someone, is to love them. We cannot forgive someone who has hurt us, without first being able to love them. So, the question of how we can forgive is deeply connected to the question of the quality of, … Continue reading
Posted in Theological Reflection
Tagged bible, disciples, disicples of Jesus, Easter, following Jesus, forigiveness, good news, Gospel, grace, Holy Spirit, lectionary, Lutheran, mission of Jesus, Pentecost, resurrection, revised common lectionary, sermon, spiritual growth, unconditional love, universal love
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