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The Fiesty Widow
I was a young woman at the Metropolitan Art Museum in NYC. It was lunchtime, so I stepped outside the museum to grab a bite to eat at a...
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Oct 20, 20194 min read
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Saying Thank You
Our sister church Concordia Lutheran in Manchester focused on gratitude in their stewardship campaign a few years ago. In order to look...
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Oct 13, 20194 min read
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Our True Worth: Humility
I saw the Downton Abbey movie this week, and it got me thinking about social hierarchies. The long running TV show recounts the fortunes...
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Oct 6, 20195 min read
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A Spirituality of Generosity
So there I was at Shop-Rite the other night. Doing some grocery shopping, getting all kinds of delicious vegan food. Stocking up cuz I...
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Sep 29, 20196 min read
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A Spirituality of Generosity
Pastor Brian Rajcok St. Matthew Lutheran Church Luke 16:19-31 Sunday September 29, 2019 So there I was at Shop-Rite the other night. ...
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Sep 29, 20196 min read
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God of the Lost
Imagine you’re a Pharisee in the first century. You know the religious requirements for being holy and you’ve spent your entire life...
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Sep 15, 20195 min read
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Inner Vision
When I was in high school, I went on a study trip to Washington DC. It was a year round program that brought together kids from around...
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Sep 8, 20195 min read
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Seating Arrangements, Jesus Style.
I had a meeting once with our former bishop, Margaret Payne. It was a required meeting to re-up my ordained status, as I was not serving...
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Sep 6, 20196 min read
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Division & Fire
A common theme in the Gospel of Luke is that Jesus’ ministry is gonna turn the world upside-down.
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Aug 22, 20195 min read
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Faith, Doubt, and Imagination.
As a young person, I was a bit of a skeptic about Christianity. When I went to college, I decided that I would take some religion classes...
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Aug 13, 20195 min read
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Build Bigger Barns
A few years ago, I read in the newspaper about Yale environmental studies grad student building her own tiny house to bring to school....
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Aug 5, 20195 min read
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The Art of Listening
Kathy was a naturalist before she became a pastor. One of her jobs was to give guided walks in state par
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Jul 21, 20196 min read
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My Faith Story - Sarah Burns
I’d like to preface my faith story with a few facts about myself. The first is
something that I expect is common to many of us – my belief
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Jul 20, 20194 min read
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Who's my neighbor
In 1996 the KKK held a rally in Ann Arbor Michigan, home of Michigan University.
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Jul 17, 20196 min read
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Called
Pastor Brian Rajcok
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Jun 30, 20196 min read
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Stay and Follow Me
Pastor Julie - June 6, 2019
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Jun 23, 20196 min read
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The Flow of the Divine: The Dance of Trinity
Pastor Brian Rajcok
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Jun 16, 20195 min read
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Greater Works Than These
Pastor Julie
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Jun 11, 20195 min read
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Be My Witnesses
Pastor Julie
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Jun 2, 20194 min read
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Surrounded By Intelligences Other Than Our Own
This is in stark contrast with how the Bible portrays our relationship with the natural world. Our Psalm today calls on all aspects of...
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May 19, 20194 min read
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