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In the Meantime … A Change of Seasons
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…
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In the Meantime … The Old Saying
Introduction This article is the May 2010 installment of my monthly message in the parish newsletter for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb. The Old Saying Somewhere in the dusty recesses of our memories rests the time when we first learned the saying, “April showers bring May flowers.” This year our April has featured more…
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Hear, O LORD!
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 April 2010 meeting. The Psalm is the one appointed for the third Sunday of Easter. The council read it in choirs—men and women. Reading [A]…
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In the Meantime … Promises Kept
Introduction This article is the April 2010 installment of my monthly message in the parish newsletter for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb. Law and Promise One of the marks of our relationships—when they are at their best—is for us to say to one another, “I promise,” and to mean it. And when a relationship…
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Unless a Grain…
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 “The Pastor’s Pen,” appearing in the Beatrice Daily Sun on Thursday, April 1, 2010. Scripture “… unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,…
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Happy in Forgiveness
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 March 2010 meeting. The Psalm is the one appointed for the preceding Sunday. Reading 1Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.…
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Holy is He
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 February 2010 meeting. The Psalm is the one appointed for the upcoming Sunday, the Transfiguration of our Lord. Reading 1The LORD is king; let the…
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Refuge for All
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 January 2010 meeting. The Psalm is the one appointed for the upcoming Sunday, the Second Sunday of Epiphany. Reading 5Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends…
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In the Meantime…See the Light
Introduction This article is the January 2010 installment of my monthly message in the parish newsletter for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb. See the Light It’s overshadowed by the Christmas season, slipped into the calendar between those joyous festivities and the penitential time of Lent. Epiphany is the season when we look to the…
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In Our Midst
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 December 2009 meeting. The text from Isaiah is the Psalmody for the upcoming Sunday, the Third Sunday of Advent. Reading 1You will say in that…