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Bishop’s Fall Convocation
Monday thru Wednesday our synod held our Bishop’s Fall Convocation (fall theological conference for pastors, deacons, and interns). Here are some highlights: Installing our new Director for Evangelical Mission Pastor Liv Larson Andrews during opening worship: Welcoming all of the … Continue reading
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Fall Convocation Sermon Oct. 16, 2023
Meggan Manlove Fall Convocation – Oct. 16 (Grace Lutheran, Lewiston, ID) Isaiah 25:1-9 Did you all figure out a life-giving way to preach on the gospel text yesterday? I might go back and listen to a few of your sermons … Continue reading
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Mountain Home, Oct. 22
This morning I was with the saints of Grace Lutheran, Mountain Home, Idaho. Grace is the eastern most congregation in the Treasure Valley Cluster so I knew several people there through various cluster events the past twelve years. (they have … Continue reading
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Installation in Moscow, Idaho
Meggan Manlove Emmanuel, Moscow– Oct. 15, 2023 Exodus 32:1-14, Matthew 22:1-14 I will confess that when I first read this passage from Exodus, I thought I would focus on the first half of the passage, during which the Israelites go … Continue reading
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Bishop on a Bus
A friend wanted a selfie of me on a bus when I told her it was going to be one of my many modes of transportation in the next week. I remember looking at my October calendar back in August … Continue reading
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Lutheran Higher Ed (or Cobbers & Lutes)
There was a time last spring when I thought I would spend Oct. 13, 2023 flying to Moorhead, Minnesota for my 25th college reunion at Concordia. But the Northwest Intermountain Synod Candidacy Committee needed a Saturday to meet (tomorrow) and … Continue reading
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First COB
I returned from my first Conference of Bishops Sept. 30. This several day meeting was preceded by my second in-person bishop formation event (often called baby bishop school). Below this paragraph is the press release summarizing our COB time together. … Continue reading
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Two Books about Zoning
Originally published in the September The Christian Century magazine If affordable housing has become a watercooler conversation of our time, zoning reform is one of the next logical topics of interest. In their new books, Nolan Gray and Robert Ellickson … Continue reading
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Spokane: Past and Present
When I was up in Spokane in August the air quality was so bad from the Canadian fires and the Eastern Washington fires that I barely wanted to be outside. What a difference a few weeks makes. I flew up … Continue reading
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Sept. 17, 2023
Sermon preached at St. Mark’s Lutheran, Spokane. This was the second sermon in a series titled “Work of the People.” Last week’s sermon was on the Gathering and Confession and Forgiveness. Acts 8:26-40 26 Then an angel of the Lord said … Continue reading
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A Place at the Table 