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Bullying, Ego, and Centering Prayer
I’ve been reading Marianne Williamson’s book A Return to Love and have some thoughts this morning about bullying and ego since she speaks about the ego being an opposing force to the Holy...
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“A” or “The” Holy Spirit?
Acts 1:1-21 I’m not going to blog about the Trinity even though this week’s text is about the Holy Spirit. It’s a foundational doctrine of the church that can’t be explained—which makes it curious why...
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ELCA – LCMS – NALC – WELC – and the Holy Spirit
Luke 12: 49-56 The ELCA has a new presiding bishop. May the Holy Spirit work through her to bring in the kingdom of God during her term in office. Yes, I believe the Holy Spirit can work through a...
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Baptism – Sweet or Dill?
Matt. 3:13-17 I was having a discussion with my mother several years ago. I think I was about 52 years old. I was attending the Lutheran seminary at that time and some of the professors were...
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Born of a Holy Spirit
John 3:1-17 How do you know if you’ve been born again? I think it’s easy to know. The Bible says the result (fruit) of receiving “the Spirit” is love, peace, joy, patience, kindness, generosity,...
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Calm Down – Don’t Retaliate
John 20:19-23 Jesus was viciously murdered by the Romans at the instigating of the religious people of his own faith tradition. Let’s paint another picture of that scene in the Middle East today....
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Doing Your Part in Baptism
Mark 1:1-8 Baptism is one of the sacred rites Christians around the world share in common. It’s one thing that unifies us. We can all say we were...
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You Are Not Powerless
Have you ever gone into a department store to return a product that was damaged, or that didn’t work properly the first time you used it? You go up to the return counter, a bit upset because...
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Baptized with the Holy Goose
John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 Pentecost has always been a bit of a mystery for me. I think it’s one of the hardest events following the resurrection of Jesus to understand: the giving – or baptism –...
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Is There An Unforgivable Sin?
Mark 3:28-30 A long time ago, I was praying the gospels. I asked for an answer to this question: Why is the sin against the Holy Spirit unforgivable? Doesn’t that minimize the sacrifice of Jesus,...
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Blaspheming the Holy Spirit
This is a follow up revision to a post in July that I did about there being no unforgivable sin. Since then I’ve been praying the same gospel text because I’m also retranslating the Gospel of...
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The Holy Spirit as Guide
John 16:5-15 This past week, I wrote a blog about why I believe Jesus would have spoken against all the religious and nonreligious people today who fear and condemn transgender people for not...
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