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Changing Our Minds

How often do we change our minds about a fundamental truth? The story of Peter Karpovich provides a useful exploration of how to recognize our

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A Visio Divina for Eastertide

I belong to a Classis (the gathering and governing body of congregations)  that rotates its meeting location so churches in different cities can share the

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Remembrance

The only means of getting man and woman, beast and wagon across the rain-swollen Niobrara River was by rope, hand over hand. Dozens of oxen

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Healing Prayer

“Prayer was never meant to be magic,” Mother said. “Then why bother with it?” Suzy scowled. “Because it’s an act of love.”   (Madeline L’Engle,

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Two Poems for Eastertide

How do we live in a world, as my minister reminds us every week, “where a Resurrection has happened.” In this now season of Easter,

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Resurrection and Our Past

The most memorable Easter sermon I can recall (it wasn’t mine by the way) used that old chestnut of a song, On a Clear Day,

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