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By Campus Missionary Mary Rowley, I can pinpoint one particular moment in my life when I was filled with nothing but joy. I was with my parents and we got a phone call from my brother. He was calling to tell us that he had proposed to his girlfriend and she said yes! I remember…
At the end of the sermon last Sunday, I encouraged you to “find your joy”. What it is about your experience of Christianity and your relationship with Jesus that actually really brings you joy. I would love to hear about what your joys are – please use this link to let me know – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HYX6WJIUyfjbFLFAQS77asglRoko_2UeXmGDXfMBPn0/viewform?usp=send_form…
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…