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One Space, Not Two

October 16, 2011

by Pastor Tim Westermeyer If you ever want to have someone look at you like you’re crazy, misguided and in general completely wrong—and inspire in them the absolute and total confidence that they, in turn, are entirely and absolutely right—then try this: Tell them that after a period, there should only be one space, not [...]

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The Discipline of the Eucharist

May 5, 2011

by Anonymous The following was submitted by a member of St. Philip the Deacon reflecting on our recent practice of daily communion during the season of Lent: I love the Lenten disciplines. Fasting. Prayer. Charity. Many years ago, I discovered that I could “take on” a Lenten discipline in a whole new way. Kind of [...]

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Is It Risen?

April 25, 2011

by Pastor Tim Westermeyer True Story: This past weekend, my wife asked if I’d prepare the dough for some hot cross buns, which she was going to finish making later in the day. I made a batch of the dough, but it didn’t look like it was rising correctly, so she asked if I’d make [...]

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The Feast

April 23, 2011

by John Roth That little farmhouse on a quarter of land in Southern Minnesota is gone now, having been a warm and comfortable home to Norwegian immigrant farmers for 100 years. It was plowed under and returned to service as a cornfield after its last resident, my Uncle Stan, died in the year nineteen hundred [...]

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And These Are Good People Too

April 22, 2011

by Larry Rasmussen When we visited my Grandfather’s parish, the message and music shared was like what we now cherish at St. Philip. St. Mary’s also had a fellowship time between services with kringle and coffee. It was tradition during this time that my Grandfather would escort us from those gathered at one table to another so [...]

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Death of a Snowbank

April 21, 2011

by Susan Gove Driving home from church, the radio is turned on. Unwilling to listen to the cacophony of voices spewing advice, the radio is switch to the CD’s used specifically as a mental refuge. The soft voices of the Rose Ensemble rise magnificently thru the air and outside the dirt-filled snow banks, crusty, shiny, melt away [...]

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For All

April 20, 2011

by Kathy Henningsen My husband sent me an e-mail today which said, “Not many Lutheran Churches will have this on their website.” I clicked on and read “Communion at the Vatican.” It was a beautiful touching story, and inspired me to think about my experiences with Holy Communion. I grew up in Chicago, and was [...]

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Supper with Abba

April 19, 2011

by Philip Adam For 20 years I refused to partake of the bread and wine in part because of something my Dad, a Lutheran pastor, wrote to me almost 30 years ago when I was in college. “You need to realize your own worthlessness so you can truly and humbly accept Christ’s forgiveness.” Dad was [...]

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