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		<title>&#8220;How Much More?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the sermon I prepared for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, July 25, 2010.
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Readings
Genesis 18:20–32
Psalm 138 (antiphon v.8)
Colossians 2:6–19
Luke 11:1–13
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Prayer
We ask you, heavenly Father, to give us your Holy Spirit, so we may pray to you in faith and may trust that you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/07/25/how-much-more</link>
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		<title>&#8220;What I Have is Yours&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the sermon I prepared for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 18, 2010.
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Readings
Genesis 18:1–10a
Psalm 15 (antiphon v.1)
Colossians 1:15–28
Luke 10:38–42
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Prayer
Loving Father, lead us by your Holy Spirit to welcome your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, into our lives. Amen.
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Message
One of my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/07/18/what-i-have-is-yours</link>
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		<title>Law and Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the sermon I prepared for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 11, 2010.
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Readings
Deuteronomy 30:9–14
Psalm 25:1–10 (antiphon v. 4)
Colossians 1:1–14
Luke 10:25–37
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Prayer
Gracious Father, pour out upon us the Holy Spirit, that we may keep your Law in our hearts and minds and actions, showing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/07/11/law-and-love</link>
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		<title>Pastor&#8217;s Pen: Like a Downpour…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Introduction
One of the opportunities I have as the interim pastor at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., is to prepare a short column for a feature called &#8220;The Pastor’s Pen.&#8221; This installment appeared in the Beatrice Daily Sun on Thursday, July 8, 2010.
Scripture
“May my instruction soak in like the rain,
and my discourse permeate like the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/07/08/pastors-pen-like-a-downpour</link>
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		<title>Staying on the Path</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Introduction
The Congregation Council at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., where I am serving as interim pastor, opens its monthly meetings with devotions. These are the thoughts for the July 2010 meeting. The Psalm is the one appointed for the seventh Sunday after Pentecost. The council read it in choirs&#8212;men and women.
Invocation
In the name of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/07/08/staying-on-the-path</link>
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		<title>Pastor&#8217;s Pen: Like a Downpour…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Introduction
One of the opportunities I have as the interim pastor at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., is to prepare a short column for a feature called &#8220;The Pastor’s Pen.&#8221; This installment comes from the Beatrice Daily Sun on Thursday, July 8, 2010.
Scripture
“May my instruction soak in like the rain,
and my discourse permeate like the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/07/05/pastors-pen-like-a-downpour%e2%80%a6</link>
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		<title>Lambs Amid Wolves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the sermon I prepared for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, July 4, 2010.
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Readings
Isaiah 66:10–14
Psalm 66:1–9 (antiphon v.4)
Galatians 6:1–16
Luke 10:1–11, 16–20
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Prayer
Bless us with the strength of your Holy Spirit, gracious Father, as we journey like lambs amid wolves, telling others that the kingdom [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/07/03/lambs-amid-wolves</link>
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		<title>In the Meantime … Daily Witness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Introduction
This article is the July 2010 installment of my monthly message in the parish newsletter for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb.
Daily Witness
The other day I stopped at the Beatrice Post Office to buy stamps for the Lincoln Stamp Club’s July newsletter. A few months ago I agreed to add the creation of this newsletter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/07/01/in-the-meantime-%e2%80%a6-daily-witness</link>
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		<title>Question Box: Uniquely the Way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Introduction
Holy Cross Lutheran Church began offering individuals the chance to ask questions about the Church, faith, theology, and the Bible by putting their queries into a Question Box. A question and answer appears in each month&#8217;s newsletter. This is the July 2010 installment.
Question
Is Jesus the only way to eternal life, and if so, what happens [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/07/01/uniquely-the-way</link>
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		<title>Set and Determined</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the sermon I prepared for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, June 27, 2010.
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Readings
1 Kings 19:15–16, 19–21
Psalm 16
Galatians 5:1, 13–25
Luke 9:51–62
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Prayer
By your Spirit, gracious Father, empower us to follow your Son in faith, that we may keep our sights fixed on him throughout [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/06/27/set-and-determined</link>
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		<title>Possessed by the Truth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the sermon I prepared for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, June 20, 2010.
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Readings
Isaiah 65:1–9
Psalm 22:19–28
Galatians 3:23–29
Luke 8:26–39
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Prayer
Open our eyes, Lord God, to the forces that turn us away from you, and by your Spirit restore our trust in your Son, Jesus Christ [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/06/20/possessed-by-the-truth</link>
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		<title>Forgiveness and Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the sermon I prepared for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., for the Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 13, 2010.
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Readings
2 Samuel 11:26–12:10, 13–15
Psalm 32
Galatians 2:15–21
Luke 7:36–8:3
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Prayer
Lead us, Father in heaven, to confess our sins to you, so that we may grow in the love of your Son, Jesus Christ, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/06/13/forgiveness-and-love</link>
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		<title>Relief for Our Burdens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Introduction
The Congregation Council at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., where I am serving as interim pastor, opens its monthly meetings with devotions. These are the thoughts for the June 2010 meeting. The Psalm is the one appointed for the third Sunday after Pentecost. The council read it in choirs&#8212;men and women.
Reading
Happy are those whose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/06/10/relief-for-our-burdens</link>
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		<title>When We Pray…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the sermon I prepared for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., for the Second Sunday after Pentecost (the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ), June 6, 2010.
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Readings
1 Kings 17:17–24
Psalm 30 (antiphon v. 2)
Galatians 1:11–24
Luke 7:11–17
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Prayer
Hear us, Father, when we lift our hearts and voices to you in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/06/06/when-we-pray%e2%80%a6</link>
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		<title>Question Box: Body Mods</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Introduction
Holy Cross Lutheran Church began offering individuals the chance to ask questions about the Church, faith, theology, and the Bible by putting their queries into a Question Box. A question and answer appears in each month&#8217;s newsletter. This is the June 2010 installment.
Question
What does the Bible say about practices that alter our bodies, like
+	wearing make-up
+	having [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/06/01/question-box-body-mods</link>
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		<title>In the Meantime … A Change of Seasons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Introduction
This article is the June 2010 installment of my monthly message in the parish newsletter for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb.
A Change of Seasons
Flipping the calendar’s pages from May to June brings several changes of seasons—school ends and summer begins; the church year moves from the Easter season through Holy Trinity Sunday and then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/06/01/in-the-meantime-%e2%80%a6-a-change-of-seasons</link>
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		<title>Divine Math: 1+1+1=1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the sermon I prepared for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., for the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity, May 30, 2010.
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Readings
Proverbs 8:1–4, 22–31
Psalm 8 (antiphon v.2)
Romans 5:1–5
John 16:12–15
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Prayer
Stir up in us, O Father, the gift of your Holy Spirit, so that we may trust and obey Jesus Christ, your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/05/30/divine-math-1111</link>
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		<title>Living by the New Command</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the sermon I prepared for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, April 25, 2010.
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Readings
Acts 11:1–18
Psalm 148
Revelation 21:1–6
John 13:31–35
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Prayer
Stir up in us, O Father, the gift of your Holy Spirit, so that we may see your Son, risen and reigning as Lord of all. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/05/02/living-by-the-new-command</link>
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		<title>A Fresh Batch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Clear out the old yeast, so that you may become a fresh batch of dough inasmuch as you are unleavened.&#8221; (1 Corinthians 5:7, NAB)
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		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/04/30/a-fresh-batch</link>
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		<title>Deep Waters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Deep waters cannot quench love,
nor floods sweep it away.
Were one to offer all he owns to purchase love,
he would be roundly mocked.&#8221; (Song of Songs 8:7, NAB)
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		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/04/29/deep-waters</link>
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		<title>No More, No Longer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over him.&#8221; (Romans 10:9, NAB)
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		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/04/28/no-more-no-longer</link>
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		<title>Jesus Appeared</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;God raised Jesus from the dead, and for many days thereafter Jesus appeared to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem.&#8221; (Acts 13:30–31a, NAB)
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		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/04/27/jesus-appeared</link>
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		<title>On Lips, in Heart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart.&#8221; (Romans 10:8b, LH)
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		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/04/26/on-lips-in-heart</link>
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		<title>Listen to the Shepherd</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the sermon I prepared for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 25, 2010.
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Readings
Acts 9:36–43
Psalm 23
Revelation 7:9–17
John 10:22–30
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Prayer
Stir up in us, O Father, the gift of your Holy Spirit, so that we may see your Son, risen and reigning as Lord of all. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/04/25/listen-to-the-shepherd</link>
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		<title>He is the One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.&#8221; (Acts 10:42, NAB)
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		<link>http://widesky.biz/blog/2010/04/25/he-is-the-one</link>
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