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There’s a lake near our house where many types of waterfowl gather in the summer.  In the winter, there’s an area of water that remains open, and the ducks huddle…

I saw a bumper sticker recently that read, “I hope something good happens to you today.”  I’m not much of a bumper sticker sort of person, but if I had…

Poet e.e. cummings once wrote a poem titled “i thank You God for most this amazing day” which reflects on the beauty and wonder of God while also including all…

I once read an article written by a mom whose two boys got caught in a rip tide.  When she saw her boys struggling, her gut reaction was to run…

When I was a counselor at Flathead Lutheran in Kalispell, MT, I learned a song that went like this:  I will change your name / You shall no longer be called /…

I drove to interview at my first call congregation during an April snowstorm.  About thirty miles from the church, my wheels hit some ice on the road and my car…

Poet e.e. cummings once wrote a poem titled “i thank You God for most this amazing day” which reflects on the beauty and wonder of God while also including all…

When I was in third grade, I went to my first overnight camp, and one of the things I remember from that week is hearing a story called The Tale…

I was reflecting on some of the ways people have shared feedback or opinions throughout my years in ministry. I’ve long believed that, “If you don’t stick your neck out…

This is the first weekend in the season of Epiphany, the season of the church that we focus on the ways that the love and light of God through Jesus…