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Florida State University, the campus that I serve, is caught in confusion and mourning after a gunman shot three people at our main library. There are roughly 45,000 people at Florida State. About 400 of them were in the library at 12:30am when the gunman attacked. Almost everyone goes to that library at some timeduring…
By Campus Missionary Mary Rowley, based on Matthew 5:1-12 This past Sunday, we celebrated All Saints Day. As our prayer explained, “On this Holy Day, O Lord, we remember the faith of those who have gone before us.” I was overcome by emotion as this prayer was read, which doesn’t happen very often. I realized that…
By Campus Missionary Mary Rowley, based on Rev. 7:9-17 “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” This, of course, was the refrain on Palm Sunday. Jesus entered Jerusalem triumphantly as King. The crowds welcomed him with lavish praises and spread palm branches before him as a symbol of victory. “Hosanna” was…
By Campus Missionary Mary Rowley Something fantastic happened the other day. I was in a meeting with Pastor Jay and Matt, and Matt said the word “cookies.” I said, “Man, now I really want cookies.” After the meeting broke up, PJ went to check the mail, and lo and behold, I had a package containing…
By Campus Missionary Mary Rowley, based on Psalm 96 Recently at Vespers, we’ve been discussing our relationships using the image of a triangle. The top point of a triangle represents our relationship with God; we call that “Up.” The left point represents our relationships with fellow believers; we call that “In.” The right point represents our…
I’m a pastor, so I have a vocational tendency to do what we describe as “running my mouth”. When I get excited or interested, I like to speak those things out loud. Unfortunately, sometimes this means that I run my mouth over the ability of others to run their mouths, or even open them (Hi…
By Campus Missionary Mary Rowley Based on Psalm 23 Psalm 23 is one of those passages that all Christians know. It’s comforting in trying times and encouraging during hardship. As I look at it today, attempting to see the familiar words with fresh eyes, what strikes me is not only that God provides for us,…
“How long, O Lord?” is a pretty common refrain of God’s people throughout Scripture. We hear it echoed from the Psalms to Revelation. And we hear itechoed in the halls of University Lutheran as we wait for Baby Winters to make her appearance. Today is her due date, and we’re still waiting (at least we…
From Campus Missionary Mary Rowley: A few weeks ago, I visited the beautiful Wakulla Springs. My friend and I took the river tour and were both delighted and terrified to have our first glimpse of wild alligators. We were very glad to be safely on a boat! One swam across the river and we could see…
Philippians 2:1-18 The first half of this passage (1-11) is a snippet of Jesus’ reasoning of being put on this Earth. It is not about the historical context of works He has done, but it is about the Holy Spirit inspired ultimate WORK in which He performed. Christ’s humility is what is being described. It…