I celebrated 10 years of ordained ministry and concurrently 10 years of ministry at University Lutheran this summer (thank you to all of you who had a part in celebrating this with me). That meant that for my usual time of reflection, I took a look not only at the past year, but also at…
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Unless you’ve gone to a Roman Catholic mass recently, you may not realize that Roman Catholics do not say “For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, forever and ever” at the end of the Lord’s Prayer. And if you look up where Jesus gives the Lord’s Prayer to His disciples in…
I have never been a part of a twelve-step group, and I’m somewhat thankful for that, although I do think that people who are a part of those organizations have a perspective on life that is sometimes more honest and loving than people who have not been. This week we confessed the 6th Petition of…
It is hard to find two words quite as terrifying as the “as we” in the Lord’s Prayer. This weekend we confessed the explanation to the 5th Petition of the Lord’s Prayer: What is the fifth petition of the Lord’s Prayer? And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.…
Last week in the newsletter we asked how we could make the newsletter experience a better experience. One of the things that came back overwhelmingly was to reintroduce the Pastor’s Article into the actual email rather than providing a link to it. So, your will be done. It is back in the the actual email. …
I recently went to Buffalo Wild Wings with a friend (by the way, Tuesdays are half priced wings day, so if you want to invite your favorite pastor out on a Tuesday . . .). While we were there, in addition to telling us about half priced wings, our server told us about Buffalo Wild…
Recently, one of my favorite Christian websites Mockingbird (mbird.com), posted a new article called “Working for Dad”. It tells the story of a young man who is invited to work alongside his father for a summer in between going to Bible College. The young man needed the money, and the father said that he needed…
I admit, I enjoy UrbanDictionary.com . (That should probably come with a caveat. It’s not always the most G-rated website.) Recently I looked up the UrbanDictionary listing for “Keeping it 100”. Keeping it 100 is a phrase that usually gets emojified as 💯 (did you get the emoji?). However, the emoji itself simply means “100 points”.…
“At this time I’d like to invite forward all of the children that we have with us this morning, or anyone feeling especially childlike.” It’s my line that invites the children forward for the children’s message. I don’t think I always do a great job with the children’s sermon being for the children – but…
Chuck Berry died on March 18th of this year, 2017. But just recently, he was “made alive” again by having his very first music video of a song that appears on his forthcoming album, CHUCK. Watch it and read the story here. There is something about listening to the music of a recently dead artist.…