Scripture Mark 6:1-13 Script Props: You will need a duffle bag or suitcase filled with items for the beach or for a vacation to the beach. Suggestions: beach toys, sunglasses,…
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Scripture Mark 4:35-41 Script Props: Disciples and boat. You will need the egg carton and the eggs labeled with the names of the disciples. You will also need bookmarks, one…
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With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? –Mark 4:30 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall…
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Part 1: A Gift of Restoration, Resilience, and Prophetic Perspective Dear Friends— We were in the middle of our first vacation ‘Out West’, somewhere between Colorado Springs, CO, and Yellowstone…
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AN ANALYSIS OF RECENT EVENTS IN THE ELCA’S SIERRA PACIFIC SYNOD For years I have been writing articles about the ELCA – often with the subtitle, “What Will It Be…
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“Fire goes before Him and burns up His adversaries round about. His lightnings lit up the world; The earth saw and trembled.” (Psalm 97:3-4) Moderns discount the Lord as…
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“For forty years I loathed that generation, and said they are a people who err in their heart, and they do not know My ways. “Therefore I swore in My…
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“They have said, “The Lord does not see, nor does the God of Jacob pay heed.” Pay heed, you senseless among the people; and when will you understand, stupid ones?” …
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“You withdrew all Your fury; You turned away from Your burning anger. Restore us, O God of our salvation, and cause Your indignation toward us to cease.” (Psalm 85:3-4) The…
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THE PRAYERS, 7th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 9, Cycle B (July 8, 2018) Let us pray to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ on behalf of the Church,…
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