We all have our morning routines. The things that we groggily get out of bed and do as a matter of habit rather than a matter of thought. Here lately, my morning routine has consisted of getting out of bed well before the kids get up, grabbing my notebook and spending the first 15 minutes…
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Posts from October 2017
We’re having a potluck of sorts after worship this coming Sunday. We’re celebrating our newest members as well as having an early celebration of the Reformation, the 500th anniversary of it. We’re not fasting to commemorate these events, we’re feasting. This is just another evidence in something that I have known for a while, Lutherans…
There are times that I unceremoniously snicker at the titles of Lutheran hymns. One of my favorites is “My Lord, What a morning” which I always thought would pair well with other classic “bad day” songs like “Sunday Morning Coming Down” by Kris Kristofferson, “Manic Monday” by the Bangles, or “My Head Hurts, My Feet…
“Why would I want to do that?” That was the question that I asked the person on the other end of the line who wanted to sell me some product. “Well we have a very good reputation and we’re running a new service, blah blah blah . . .” was the response that I received.…