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Quiet
Last night I was invited to lead worship and confirmation at Custer Lutheran Fellowship. It was a wonderful experience. They start with a young kids program, followed by dinner, worship and then confirmation. I skipped dinner choosing to eat dinner with Jackie in Custer beforehand. We ate at the Custer Wolf. It was yummy and…
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Meetings
I have been accused of hating meetings. That is not entirely true. I am all for productive meetings that have results. That accomplish something. That need to happen. I have attended many good meetings where decisions are made after quality discussions. Where ideas are exchanged, shared, and decided upon. I think meetings are a great…
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Pastor Vicar Dan
Last night I had the honor and pleasure to help at a church where the Pastor is out on a medical leave. For the first time in over two years, I had the privilege of teaching a confirmation class. Before class I was invited to a meal of pulled pork and led the Wednesday Night…
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Simple Things
One of the coolest things I get to do at the center is watching the reactions of the kids when they come visit for Kid’s Time. It is simple things that make them happy. And the excitement of many of them when they enter the building is fun. We work with all levels of kids.…
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Drive-In
The second time I came to South Dakota was with a middle school mission trip with YouthWorks. We spent a week in Rapid City serving the community. I had 4 boys and 1 middle school girl along with a female adult leader. While driving across the open expanse of South Dakota on I-90 we counted…
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Lonely in a crowd
One of the things I have been least prepared for in my position in Pine Ridge is how lonely it can be. Even when I am in a crowd of people. Sometimes I feel that I am all alone. Part of this is the nature of being a pastor and some of it is from…
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Sunflowers
Okay Sunflowers. Yesterday I was on my way to a meeting about 30 minutes from home. As I drove, I passed field after field of blooming sunflowers. I saw a wide variety of sunflowers. Large, small, just fields of flowers in some places on both sides of the road as far as you can see.…
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Art
During my walk I found “Art Alley”. It is a block long alley full of mural art. To paint in the alley you must have permission. So the art work is Not graffiti but really art. Today I visited an artist in Rapid City. After our visit I took a walk around the downtown area.…
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Vacation Memories
In the last 10 days Jackie and I drove to Minnesota, Northern Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa and back home to Pine Ridge. Over 2800 miles. A lot of time in the car together. A lot of time for conversations and site seeing. (More on that later.) During our drive Jackie asked what my favorite…
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I miss my kids.
On my way to Columbus for a churchwide meeting and leadership retreat, Jackie and I were able to visit our son Sam at his summer camp, Red Arrow Camp, in Northern Wisconsin. I particularly wanted to make this trip because Sam is preparing for a year in service with the ELCA in Senegal in Africa.…
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