Category: Prayer
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Prayer as Ruthless Honesty
It’s a lovely time of year to live in Minnesota. The weather is finally warm enough to be outside, the leaves are coming back on the trees, the school year is winding down and all the activity of summer is dawning. The fields that stretch behind my house are free of snow and the corn…
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Sunrise, Sunset
Reflections on Shuffle Play Sunrise, Sunset – Fiddler on the Roof Soundtrack And they are off. I got my babies up early and onto the bus and another school year has begun. I woke up with the song, “Sunrise, Sunset” going through my mind. It is a bit sad and melancholic – like my mood…
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Looking for Green Places
Looking for green places But they are not here yet Just brown and brown, grey and brown The cold lingers a bit longer Spring is shy. I was tired today Walking felt like a chore. I walked and felt underwater with each step. Everything was hard – Cleaning – a chore Writing – a chore…
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An Everyday Prayer
Dear God, I yelled at the dog I had a cookie for breakfast I was impatient with the children I sighed over another cold, snowy day I worried, and worried, and worried some more. Countless times I lose my way as your follower each day. Countless ways I wander in the darkness So much for…
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Looking for Answers to Big Questions? Explore the “Prayer of Examen”
Should I go down this path or that one? Should I take the new job or keep my old one? What does God want me to do? What does God want me to change? How do I know where God is leading me? These are common questions that deal with the topic of discernment. Developed…
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On Prayer – a sermon from September 27, 2015 at Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church – Audubon, MN
Among the scores of articles written this week about the pope’s visit, one that particularly caught my eye was an article about some of the disciplines the pope has in his life. The article says he hasn’t watched television since 1990, he takes regular naps each day, goes to bed early, and each day he…
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This Is The Gospel of the Lord? (a sermon from 7/12/15)
Our gospel for today from Saint Mark is actually a flashback that Herod has when he hears of all the work that the disciples are doing in Jesus’ name. Some were saying the John the Baptist had been raised from the dead and Herod was thinking they might be right – and this is when…
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Prayer (a mid-week meditation for Lent)
Last Wednesday at my church we began taking a closer look at the spiritual disciplines of Lent. Every year on Ash Wednesday we commit to these disciplines of self-examination, repentance, prayer, fasting, sacrificial giving and works of love – strengthened by the gifts of word and sacrament. Last week we talked about self-examination and repentance. …