I am Julie and this is my journal of life- a place to find sermons, life events, theological discussion, and reflection on life in general.
It was begun and continues to be a place to record all of this for me, and if you find you can relate, you are invited in.
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Giving Thanks
Read more: Giving ThanksSermon for Mt Olive Lutheran Thanksgiving 2015 In Greek, Thanksgiving is Eucharistia. Does that sound familiar? It should. Every week, we say a Eucharistic prayer and participate in the Eucharist, otherwise known as communion. As I did a little research on the word, I found it interesting that the secular understanding of Eucharistia is…
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Reformation and the “New” Printing Press
Read more: Reformation and the “New” Printing PressDid you know there are two ways to refer to the word of God? The first is with a capital W- indicating a personhood- that of Christ himself, such as, “in the Beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. Word with a capital W is Christ. The…
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Fake it Til you Make It- Sermon for Mt Olive Lutheran in Santa Monica, CA, Sept 20, 2015
Read more: Fake it Til you Make It- Sermon for Mt Olive Lutheran in Santa Monica, CA, Sept 20, 2015In a world full of artificial things… artificial flavoring, artificial sugar, artificial attitudes and artificial… noses, I am not encouraging us to be unreal or artificial. The phrase ‘fake it till you make it’ isn’t about being artificial, rather it is about facing the things we are afraid of and don’t want to face until…
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Beautiful Glass and Joy
Read more: Beautiful Glass and JoyThe glass can cut you. It can let you see the world clearly. It can hold life giving water. It can keep out the storms. It can be half full or empty. We look right through it- but how often do you see the glass? I just watched a video clip for “Human” a film by…
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Grief is not emptiness- Sermon from August 14, 2014
Read more: Grief is not emptiness- Sermon from August 14, 2014The parable of feeding the 5,000 in Matthew 14: 13-21 is not only about vast numbers- which is a miracle. Or that he healed them, which is a miracle. Or the food that multiplied, which is also a miracle. This parable is also about the way we are healed and the promise of God to grant that…
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Carry that Cross- But NEVER alone; a Message for everyone
Read more: Carry that Cross- But NEVER alone; a Message for everyoneLife sticks us with some pretty heavy burdens at times. Sometimes too heavy, I admit, and our hearts despair and for some, they never get up after stumbling in the rough patches. But there is a message of hope and for those who are not Christians, there is assurance that we are not alone that…
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