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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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Lent to 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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WLSU: More Than That
posted on Jan 26, 2024 This blog is also available as a podcast
In November of 1984 my parents threw an Election Night party. I still remember the little elephants on the cocktail napkins. I was five years old and understood nothing about politics, but I ...
Read MoreIn the Hope of the Resurrection: How to Prepare Faithfully for End of Life
posted on Jan 23, 2024 Wednesday Evenings in Lent In the Ho p e of the Resurrection: How to Prepare Faithfully for Death American culture teaches us to fear death and to try to avoid talking about, dealing with, and anticipating death at all cos...
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