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What a Story!
It is amazing how something so small, which started on the other side of the world, could have such a major influence on every part of our lives. ...
Stay Focused on Jesus
I am hoping that one of the blessings this unusual year’s Christmas season might bring is more time to stay focused on God’s Gift of love to us ...
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How Do You Keep Moving Forward?
If you feel like there are some days where it's impossible to move the mountain in front of you, here is the beautiful thing - we don't have to do it alone. ...
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Thanksgiving This Year
At its core, though, Thanksgiving Day is all about having a thankful heart, no matter our circumstances....
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Think about what?
Instead of complaining, I think we have to be retrained to think differently. ...
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Pennies are MORE Than "Lucky"
Have you ever found a penny? I think most of us have. Do you consider pennies “lucky”? Do you stop, pick them up and keep them? More and more often, I think people are walking on by them thinking they aren’t worth much at all. After hearing the following story, I think pennies are more than “lucky”. ...
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The Goodness of God
“Sometimes I just look up, smile, and say, ‘I know that was you, God. Thanks!’”...
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God amid pandemic
Last spring, life changed as we became familiar with terms such as social distancing, flattening the curve and self-quarantining. We could hardly believe the closed schools, businesses and especially churches ...
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Bonus Points
A true-life story that illustrates the love of Jesus for me and I hope it will do the same for you....
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Spring Cleaning
Every year, as soon as it would be nice enough outside to open our windows, Mom would, all of a sudden, decide that it was time for Spring cleaning. This yearly event that took a week or more was one I looked forward to. The whole house was Spring-cleaned, one room at a time. ...
Show Christian Love on Valentine's Day
Valentine’s Day is a day that can hold many expectations. But hope doesn’t always match reality, does it? Maybe when February 14th arrives, there are no flowers, candy, card or romantic meal. Instead, it’s a day like any other. Maybe you know someone who even boycotts this holiday....
Some Gift-Giving Thoughts at Christmas
Do you stress about finding just the right gift for everyone on your Christmas list? Does it make the season more a hassle than a joy?...
A Day of Thanksgiving
Each Thanksgiving, my family and I have a tradition of reading aloud the Presidential proclamation for the first annual Day of Thanksgiving....
Be The Reason Someone Smiles Today
I came across this true-life story the other day and it touched my heart as a powerful combination of “love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22.39) and “whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them” (Matthew 7.12). I hope you enjoy it and find meaning in it as I did....
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Reminiscing
Want to feel better about the present and more hopeful about our future? Reminisce....
One More V.B.S. Memory
I’ve always loved Vacation Bible School (VBS). In fact, this is the second time that VBS is the subject of one of my blog posts. ...
Father's Day
Important ways dads can be meaningful contributors to the well-being of their rapidly growing kids....
Handle With Care
I’m sure you’ve heard the following quote. Some sources attribute it to Plato. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” Wise words....
Stop, Look, and Listen
Stop, look and listen. These three words aren’t only important for our safety in travel; they’re also helpful for our journey through the 40 days of Lent. ...
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Making Disciples
So, how shall we measure the success of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, her leaders and her "members"? The answer for you and me, our "scorecard" if you will, is all about making disciples....
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"Peace Be With You"
The other day, I was having a conversation with a friend. We were wondering when the practice of “Passing The Peace” began at our churches....
No room?
“There was no room for them in the Inn” (Luke 2:7). Those are frightening words. But you and I must admit that often they are true of us ...
Thanksgiving Every Day
I believe it was back in November 2009, when many Facebook users accepted a gratitude challenge, posting what they were most thankful for every day that month. I accepted the challenge, as did many of my Facebook friends. I remember thinking it was a wonderful idea because it seemed to me that Thanksgiving shouldn’t be just a one-day-a-year event. ...
Celebrations
How can you celebrate the love, joy, peace, forgiveness, mercy, friendship and laughter the Lord brings you every day?...
"Do everything without complaining or arguing..."
The heat has for many been oppressive - has it not? Seems we get a day of relief and then WHAM it comes again....
My Favorite Potluck
Have you heard the saying: “You might be Lutheran if you carry silverware in your pocket when you go to church just in case there's a potluck.”?...
"Lifeshapes" Sermon Series
"Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart." PS119:34...
Memories of Vacation Bible School
When someone says the words, "Bible School", I'm immediately transported back maybe 50 years to when I was a girl....
I Remember That Song!
"It's a well-known fact that songs are a great way to help anyone learn and remember, but this proved it to me again."...
Priorities
It's obvious that we are involved and invested in our kids. Do we always have our priorities straight? Where does God fit into the picture?...
Church Family!
I don't want to just be a family like everyone else's family. I don't want to be a family like anyone else's church. I want our family to be a family of God. So what does that mean or look like?...
Attitude
I share with you, yearly, the words of Philippians 2:5 and Chuck Swindoll's words about "Attitude" because I truly believe that in them is wisdom vital to our health....