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Category Archives: Reflections
The Camper Goes Online
Originally posted on tvprays.org as Video Conferencing and Sacred Space Hebrews 10:24-25, 24And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, 25not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and … Continue reading
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Advent at Trinity
Originally published in Trinity’s December 2022 Epistle. Dear Friends in Christ, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!” is how our Psalm (122) for Nov. 27 begins. What a great invitation in the midst of our Expanded Advent. … Continue reading
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Season of Gratitude
Originally published in Trinity, Nampa’s monthly Epistle/Newsletter. Dear Friends in Christ, This month we are continuing our Season of Gratitude. Trinity Lutheran Church is a generous congregation. We are a community of faith committed to following Jesus, people committed to … Continue reading
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Season of Creation at Trinity
Dear Friends in Christ, Trinity has a long tradition of celebrating the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi with a pet blessing. This year we are going to extend our celebration into an entire season: The Season of Creation. The … Continue reading
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August Epistle Column
Originally published in Trinity’s August newsletter/Epistle. Dear Friends in Christ, Twenty-five years ago, Dorothy Bass edited the book Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People. I read it on my own and then read it with at … Continue reading
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Understanding Homelessness at a Citywide Level – book review
The main characters in Homelessness Is a Housing Problem are not individuals experiencing homelessness; they’re cities. The book’s central question is this: What might explain the substantial regional variation in per capita homeless rates in the United States? The answers may not … Continue reading
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Minnesota Day 6
We said goodbye to our companions from Hope Lutheran, who had an earlier flight, and ate breakfast at the Hope Breakfast Bar in downtown St Paul. Then we took a tour of the Wabasha Street Caves. We took the bus … Continue reading
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Minnesota Day 4
This was our service day (part of us crashing the Northeast Iowa Synod’s Boundless youth event at the Univ of St Thomas). Part of the day was with The Food Group in New Hope, MN and the afternoon was at … Continue reading
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Minnesota Day 3
Yesterday we went on a 2 and 1/2 hour Grayline bus tour of the Twin Cities. We met the tour bus along the Mississippi River in downtown St Paul and had them drop off us off on Lake Bda Maka … Continue reading
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Learning Peace
Originally published on tvprays.org How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace,who brings good news, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns.’ (Isaiah 52:7) The last week of June around 95 youth ages 6-13 participated … Continue reading
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