Category: Community
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Carry that Cross- But NEVER alone; a Message for everyone
Life 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…
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When Racial Tension Isn’t the Issue, but Contributes Nonetheless; What Shall I Say?
I cannot respond from any place other than my own. I recognize that I write from privilege and apologize for my ignorance or ineptitude, but silence is worse than the fault of trying imperfectly. The tragic and shocking death of a Virginia reporter and cameraman is rocking the nation this…
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Death Becomes Them
We all go there, that place where death puts us on auto pilot and our truest self seems to appear. In grief, we are ground down to the very nub of our nature and have no energy to be anything other than our most authentic self. Sometimes that is pretty darn…
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We are not enough. Sermon for Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran in West Hills, CA, July 26, 2015
Alone, we are not enough. We are NOT enough. But Christ said, “Ego Eimi, I am.” “Ego Eimi. I am.” Christ’s words to the apostles lay the foundation for us to understand who Christ is in the weeks to come but more so, it is the claim for us, that…
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How being more holey can also be more whole
originally posted Aug 2013 We tend to think that something with holes is incomplete, less than perfect or damaged, right? I mean, the underwear with holes get tossed, as do the socks. If my pool has a hole, I have to patch it or it is useless. If there is…
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Does connection mean experience? (Nov 2013)
originally posted November 2013 Well I am “connected”, does that count? I tweet, I am on facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, classmates, Skype, and cafe-mom to name a few I have learned by blackboard on tiger-tracks, on myluthernet and more with classmates in Turkey, Norway, Australia and China. I blog on blogger, …
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The Hopeful Side of Experience (Nov 2013)
Originally posted November 2013 The other day I posted about how experience and being ‘connected’ are two very different things on the internet. Although I meant every word of what I said, there is another side to the story, a side that I like to call hopefulness. The sunny side.…
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There are no words (Dec 2013)
Originally posted in Dec 2013 I am supposed to write one more blog post for my class project. Somehow though, as I sat here taking a break and surfing my facebook community I learned a close friend lost her battle with cancer today. My heart is broken. I want to…
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Reintegration- unnecessary if you didn’t have a profound experience already (Jan 2012)
Originally from Jan 2012 Reintegration:verb; To make or be made into a whole again; to amalgamate or help amalgamate with an existing community. Reintegration is unnecessary if you don’t feel separated right? But, if you have a profound experience in life, it can make you feel a bit ‘out of…
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Scones chase the blues away (Jan 2012)
(Posted Jan 2012) Used to the constant movement required to keep a household for a family of six moving smoothly, I found myself still. Too still. Not in a good way. I enjoyed having the time to devote to God and study, but I began experiencing what I now believe…
Mistress of Divinity 