Category: Personal
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High and Low
I will start with the comment that I dislike the terms “High church” and “Low church”. It is church. Usually, it is used to determine how formal the worship service is each week. With High church being formal, robes, stoles, processing in and out. Both styles have their place. Both are worship. And it truly […]
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WWJD or should it be DIKJWETKWJWD?
For a while, braclets and other items were hot in the Christian world embracing the WWJD. I thought of this the other day when was unable or unwilling to help someone. They like to try and guilt me into helping. I often hear words like “I thought you were a Pastor?” Or “What would Jesus […]
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Tired?
A pastor friend of mine once posted that you should not come home from work tired. While I understand what he is saying I disagree, at least a little. Sometimes work does wear you out. Even when you love what you are doing. Now I am not saying you should come home drained, yet sometimes […]
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Love Them while you can.
This is a hard post to write. I may not even post it. We had our cat die tonight. One of the dogs was playing with her a little too roughly. I found her wet and stressed. She died in my arms. She died in my arms. The same arms that I held her in […]
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Zoo.
I really like zoos. I have joked that if I ever won a big lottery I would do like in the movie “We Bought a Zoo.” Well, maybe not to that extent and with 5 dogs and a cat, some would say that Jackie lives in a zoo. But zoos and animals in general are […]
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We are all broken
My favorite coffee mug is one with the handle broken off. I have had it for years having bought it during a visit to Rocky Mountain National Park and Estes Park. It is white and green, and the green handle broke off when I dropped it. I bought a replacement during a visit to Estes. […]
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Compassion Fatigue, Fatigue from Compassion.
You must rest if you want to be in it for the long haul.
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Confirmation
I remember in seminary the conversations we had about confirmation. Many of my classmates dreaded teaching confirmation. Before I continue, I need to explain what confirmation is. In many protestant denominations we have a dedicated time in which we ask, typically mid school aged, kids to spend time learning the basics of their faith on […]
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Sermon, Message, Discussion…
Whatever you want to call it Pastors are supposed to be good at is giving the weekly message in church each week. And if that does not scare you, we are taught in seminary that we are speaking the words of God. Really? Me? Come on, have you met me? When I entered seminary, I […]
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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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