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“The Spirit sends us forth to serve, we go in Jesus’ name, to bring glad tidings to the poor God’s favor to proclaim. We go to be the hands of Christ, to scatter joy like seed, and all our days to cherish life, to do the loving deed.” – Delores Dufner, ELW #551 Joyful Servants! […]

“I pray that…you be strengthened in your inner being with power through God’s Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.” – Ephesians 3:16-17 People of Spirit! The month of May is a rich one, calling for your participation and celebration on a […]

“There is no fear in love, for perfect love casts out fear.” – 1 John 4:18 Easter People! What a joy to be on this side of the tomb—the empty tomb, that is—for Christ is risen indeed!  Alleluia! And yet, even though the resurrection is where we belong—this place toward which God has been moving […]

“In mirrors I see myself.  But in mirrors made of glass and silver I never see the whole of myself. I see the me I want to see, and I ignore the rest.  Mirrors that hide nothing hurt me. They reveal an ugliness I’d rather deny.  Yow!  Avoid these mirrors of veracity!” – Walter Wangerin, […]

“I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink.  For they drank […]

“For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her vindication shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning torch.” – Isaiah 62:1 Beloved in the Lord, We were in Leavenworth with Chris’s family, marking Naomi’s birthday on New Year’s Eve and the dawning […]