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WLSU: Believing and Eating
posted on Mar 22, 2024 This blog is also available as a podcast
I can't really talk about my sabbatical without talking about the pandemic. It's possible you're tired of thinking about the pandemic. I'd be lying if I said I was tired of talking about...
Read MoreA letter from our Rector - Holy Week 2024
posted on Mar 20, 2024 Dear Redeemer Family, Next week, the C hurch enters into the final week of Lent as we prepare for our Easter celebration. We Christians call it Holy Week, and I invite you to observe and participate with us this yea...
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WLSU: No Self Improvement
posted on Mar 15, 2024 This blog is also available as a podcast
In exactly one month I'm going on sabbatical. I will be away from my job for just under four months, and will not be in contact with anyone from this church I love. When people find out I am ...
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WLSU: Repentance at the Gym
posted on Mar 8, 2024 This blog is also available as a podcast
Today at the gym I overheard a conversation. I did not mean to . I was not eavesdrop ping . Well not at first anyway. In my defense the person working out next to me was talking at normal v...
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WLSU: Cancelled
posted on Mar 1, 2024 This blog is also available as a podcast
At Church of the Redeemer's Thursday morning Bible Study we are currently reading through 2 nd Corinthians . 2 nd Corinthians is likely a n edited collection of two to three le...
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WLSU: Prosperity and Adversity
posted on Feb 23, 2024 This blog is also available as a podcast
Here is your uplifting piece of Scripture for the day. It comes from the book of the prophet Jeremiah, and it goes like this: "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord , "plans to pr...
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Holy Week 2024
Easter Flowers
posted on Feb 17, 2024 This year the Flower Guild is dedicating the windows in the Sanctuary for $100 donation. We always decorate the church for Easter which includes flowers in the windows. This year, if you donate $100 towards the decoration of a window, we ca...
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WLSU: Love and Death
posted on Feb 16, 2024 This blog is also available as a podcast The story goes that Valentine was a clergy person in the Roman Empire during one of the times of heavy Christian persecution, that he performed Christian marriages - which were illegal at the time - a...
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WLSU: Audacity and Humility
posted on Feb 9, 2024 This blog is also available as a podcast
I n my first parish job, my rector told me it takes audacity and humility to be a priest. He said it take audacity to actually believe that the God who made all things has called you to preach...
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WLSU: Loving Kindness
posted on Feb 2, 2024 This blog is also available as a podcast
I want to be kind. I want to be kind today, to be kind tomorrow, to be kind relentlessly. I want to make it my discipline. I've already failed at my New Year's resolution, so I may as well start all...
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