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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You are Enough. Epiphany 2A Sermon
Read more: You are Enough. Epiphany 2A SermonEpiphany 2A January 19, 2020 Hope Lutheran Church Riverside, CA We love to look for the savior, the one who is amazing and will fix it all. We want presidents, pastors, and team captains who can fix things and we glorify them or crucify them for what…
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Repent, Turn, Hope, Repeat- Sermon for Advent
Read more: Repent, Turn, Hope, Repeat- Sermon for AdventAdvent 2 A December 8, 2019 . Hope Lutheran Church Riverside, CA Is 11:1-10 Ps 72:1-7,18-19 Ro 15:4-13 Mt 3:1-12 If things are going well, we don’t really need hope. Take that any way you want to, but at least consider, that Hope is a thing which depends on something not going as…
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More than a spy, more than a comic…. review of The Faithful Spy.
Read more: More than a spy, more than a comic…. review of The Faithful Spy.The story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer is often left to dry and dusty shelves of theology. Finally, it gets told in a way that reflects the enormous drama of the era and his historic role. Told with lots of color on the page as well as illustration, The Faithful Spy by John Hendrix is more than…
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It starts with rest. (A book review on Call and Response)
Read more: It starts with rest. (A book review on Call and Response)It starts with rest. A surprising beginning which gave me pause. Suddenly, I stopped trying to get through another book to consider as a worship tool. As a pastor, there are so many tools to slog through that it can be easy to get caught up in the reviewing rather than engaging the tool itself.…
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Coming In; There is something about this book. (A Book Review)
Read more: Coming In; There is something about this book. (A Book Review)There is something about this book. I am not sure if I like it or not, but I appreciate several things. Author, Urs Mattmann has reworked his original 2004 German manuscript with a few updates for English speaking cultures. I appreciate that he clearly states he is writing from a uniquely gay-male perspective. That alone…
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I wish it were that simple
Read more: I wish it were that simple“If you fire a man for doing it but can’t fire a woman for doing it, its sex discrimination.” If only the cases before the Supreme Court these days were that simple. But maybe they are. Maybe we are over complicating this with so many hypothetical scenarios it makes even a Supreme Court judge confused.…
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