Tag: Ruth E Hetland
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From Strength to Strength
One of the best books I have read recently is called “From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life” by Arthur Brooks. Check it out here: https://amzn.to/3bHPFqQ Brooks begins the book by relaying the story of sitting on an airplane and overhearing the conversation of a man…
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ConseCrate – the Book Tour
I’ve been working on my next book and am looking forward to doing another book tour this fall. My current interim pastor position will be ending at the end of the summer and then I will be doing a tour to share my new book – more details about the book will be available soon.…
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Sermon June 21, 2020
There is a African folk story of Sankofa – the story begins with a bird named Sankofa. She grows up in her community being confident in herself and loving life. One day, she decides to sneak away from her village. When she does, she meets a bird who insults her and causes her to doubt…
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Pentecost
John 15:26-27; John 16:4-15 The Message (MSG) 26-27 “When the Friend I plan to send you from the Father comes—the Spirit of Truth issuing from the Father—he will confirm everything about me. You, too, from your side must give your confirming evidence, since you are in this with me from the start.” “I’ve told you…
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Scars
I have a scar on my index finger from a car accident back in 1996. One minute, I was cruising down a road near Parkers Prairie and the next my car was skating across glare ice until I landed upside down in the ditch. In the sub-zero November temperatures I assessed my situation. My glasses…
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Video Editing Software
We are having a lot of fun trying some new things with our worship videos now that the pandemic has made it so that my congregation can’t worship in person right now. We have been using some very simple video editing software but recently we received a grant to upgrade our software and equipment for…
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50
“O bless the Lord my soul – all that is within me – bless God’s holy name.” In just a few hours, it will be my fiftieth birthday. I’ve been spending the whole day today thinking back over the last decades. My twentieth birthday I think I was at home with my parents – spending…
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The Works of Edgar Allen Poe – The Raven Edition
This book contains stories and poems by Edgar Allan Poe that became innovative literature discoveries at the time and extremely popular in its genre including: The Fall of the House Usher, The Gold-Bug, poem The Raven. Poe was one of the first American writers who wrote mostly novellas. Within twenty years Poe created two short…
