Category Archives: Reflections

Summer of Baseball….Movies

Posted on May 25, 2020 by

Dr. Osterholm has become one of my trusted sources when it comes to COVID-19. This Iowa native and Luther College graduate runs the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. When I listened to his … Continue reading →

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What Worship Would Look Like

Posted on May 18, 2020 by

Dear Members and Friends of Trinity Lutheran, Nampa, Idaho Governor Brad Little began gradually lifting the Stay at Home Order and included churches in Stage One of Rebound Idaho, congregational leaders (pastors and lay people) in the ELCA Treasure Valley … Continue reading →

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Accompaniment

Posted on May 16, 2020 by

Originally published on tvprays.org (May 14, 2020) “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words.” (Romans 8:26) One … Continue reading →

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Easter When It Feels Like Lent

Posted on April 21, 2020 by

Newsletter Column for May 2020 Dear Friends in Christ, How do we live into the Season of Easter when it still feels like Lent? If it was one of the weirdest Holy Week’s ever, this may end up being the … Continue reading →

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Time for Questions

Posted on April 17, 2020 by

Originally published on Treasure Valley Prays. Acts 4:32-37: 32 Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common. 33With great … Continue reading →

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Prayer Walk

Posted on April 11, 2020 by

My deepest thanks to my colleague and friend Casey Cross, Young Disciples Minister at Hope Lutheran Church, Eagle, for adapting this for the Confirmation Co-op Students and Families for Holy Week 2020. I will admit that I was not too … Continue reading →

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What Our Bodies Are Saying

Posted on April 6, 2020 by

A facilitator of a Facebook group for church leaders posed this question last week: What are your affirmations about who God is that is life-giving and uplifting in these times? My response was “God cares about physical bodies.” Now, living … Continue reading →

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