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Fall Sojourn
Last Saturday I flew from Boise through Seattle to Wenatchee. A retired pastor drove me from the airport to the bus station/train station where I took the FREE Link bus to Chelan. Roberta, host at the Holden Bed and Breakfast, … Continue reading
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Sept. 15, 2024 – Eucharist at Holden
John 16:16-22 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. I am a woman with no experience with childbirth. I have had the humbling experience of being in the room shortly after babies … Continue reading
Spokane area & Kootenai County
I arrived in Spokane Tuesday and attended the Lutheran Community Services Pastors Luncheon where we learned about all the things LCSNW is doing across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, but especially Spokane. Wednesday and Thursday were great staff days, and included … Continue reading
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Tri-parish Kootenai County – Sept. 8, 2024
Meggan Manlove Post Falls – Q’emiln Park Worship service with Calvary, Post Falls; Trinity, Coeur d’Alene; Church of the Master, Coeur d’Alene Mark 7: 24-37 Dear friends in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the … Continue reading
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Tribal Housing Summit
Originally published in the Northwest Intermountain Synod-ELCA September e-newsletter. Your kingdom come. What does this mean? In fact, God’s kingdom comes on its own without our prayer, but we ask in this prayer that it may also come to us. Martin … Continue reading
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Rostered Ministry – Be Part of Someone’s Discernment
Originally published in the Northwest Intermountain Synod e-news in August This summer our Episcopalian siblings are celebrating the 50th anniversary of women’s ordination in their denomination. The evening of Sunday, July 28 I was the guest of the Idaho Episcopal Diocese … Continue reading
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Wyoming Plus
Last Wednesday I took off for a trip to the congregations on the eastern edge of our synod, the two churches from Wyoming in our synod. I stopped at St. John’s Lutheran in American Falls, a church in pastoral transition, … Continue reading
July 28, 2024 – Jackson
Shepherd of the Mountains in Jackson, WY John 6:1-21 The feeding of the multitude is such a gift of a scripture passage to preach as a bishop who sees and experiences so much across our vast synod—88 ministry sites between … Continue reading
ELCA Youth Gathering – Created to Be
I’m at the Dallas Love Field airport, having left New Orleans early (after a rough day for the airlines) getting ready to return to the Boise area after a wonderful week at the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering. A huge shout … Continue reading
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With the Methodists from the West
It’s hard to sum up how full my heart is after just Friday and Saturday morning at the United Methodist Church’s Western Jurisdiction Conference in Spokane, WA. This body generally only meets every four years, after their general conventions. (Covid … Continue reading
A Place at the Table 