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A Season of Transformation During Lent we pray, fast, and give of our gifts in order to turn our hearts more fully toward God, to experience a conversion, to be changed. But in this week’s  Gospel it is Jesus who is doing the…

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Our Lenten Journey Has Begun (maybe) For some of us it began with a cross of ashes on Wednesday. For others it was a promise to fast from something or to do a little something extra each day. Still others began reading or…

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Bad News/Good News Due to the potential for poor road conditions today, we are postponing the CHOCOLAT viewing and discussion. That’s the bad news. The good news is that we are going to have a 1:00 showing on Tuesday, February 21…

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 We hope that you will join us at 1:00 TOMORROW  for a little pre-Lent treat of a good movie, a good discussion, and of course, good chocolate! The discussion will revolve around what it means to be a “good” Christian, the role…

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“1212 The sacraments of Christian initiation – Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist – lay the foundations of every Christian life. “…The faithful are born anew by Baptism, strengthened by the sacrament of Confirmation, and…

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 Monday, January 23, is the National Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children, and I encourage each of us to pray in a special way for mothers and their unborn babies on that day. And, t oday, people from around…

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Last night, our Laidback Book Club had our final chat about UNOFFENDABLE by Brant Hansen. It was an  amazing  read that challenged our notions of “righteous anger,” “winning and losing,” “seeing the God given potential of every…

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It’s the New Year BUT it’s still the Christmas season. There’s still time to contemplate “Emmanuel, God with us,” and what that means for our humanity and divinity, for our gifts and our deficits, for our living and our dying…..

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MERRY CHRISTMAS As I laid snuggled warm and comfortable in my bed this morning listening to the howling wind, it made me think about the story of Elijah in 1 Kings where Elijah was told that the Lord was going to pass by. What…

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We’ve lit the Advent candles for hope, for peace, for joy and this week we light the candle for love, and where does love lead us… straight to the manger. Straight to “Emmanuel, God with us.” In these busy days leading up to…