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I have not gone far…

For those of you who might be wondering what happened to me, I went on a very nice vacation with my family. I have not been blogging, but I’m now back into the swing of things here in the office, and the blogging will start again, so look for at least one tomorrow…

July 2010 Front Page

The forum for the presentation of the survey results brought about the question about the statistics of congregations in the ELCA and how they are reacting to the ChurchWide Decision of 2009. Here is a quote from the Office of the Secretary of the ELCA, “As of June 3, we have been advised that 419Continue reading “July 2010 Front Page”

Follow your kids all over the country

Interesting isn’t some of the things we do for our children. I am in Zionsville, IN for the USA Gymnastics for All Nationals because my oldest daughter is competing with a gymnastics team from our home town. I really thought nothing about packing my family in the van and driving 20 hours from home toContinue reading “Follow your kids all over the country”

Guardrails on a Mountain are nice…

Have you ever driven along a mountain road that had no guardrail? It can be really scary. And you ask yourself, “why are there no guardrails here?” What were this people thinking, someone is going to drive off the side of this mountain and kill themselves… Isn’t that just exactly how life is? We asContinue reading “Guardrails on a Mountain are nice…”

avalanches – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog

avalanches – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog. Another wonderful post from Rich Melheim… My comments on his sight: Could it be like, someone planted, someone else watered God brought the growth… I applied a little pressure, and set something in motion and a mother/father picked up on the motion and added a little something over there, andContinue reading “avalanches – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog”

The Police, the Media and the Schools – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog

The Police, the Media and the Schools – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog. Interesting thoughts on how we role in education in the church. What do you think is the right way? And how is that for revolutionary?

Soccer – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog

Soccer – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog. Where is your church at in Evangelism. My comment to Rich Melheim on his blog is here below. I wonder where you think we are at, or where you are at with your church in Evangelism… This is great! I believe unfortunately most Lutheran Congregations are like the Chinese diagramContinue reading “Soccer – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog”

How to Love Unconditionally – wikiHow

How to Love Unconditionally – wikiHow. Interesting article on how to love unconditionally. Wonder if any of the people who helped write it know or have an understanding of how God fills us and through that we are called to love, because to me it seemed this article was a very nice moralistic thing to do,Continue reading “How to Love Unconditionally – wikiHow”

Seth does it again: Good bye office

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/06/goodbye-to-the-office.html Here is Seth’s blog on the office, and how it was necessary, and is now fast becoming an item of the past. Why is it we go somewhere to be with a bunch of people we do not collaborate with, when we can do what we do there somewhere else? And in ministry, weContinue reading “Seth does it again: Good bye office”

Interesting Poem from a 15 year old…

WRITTEN BY A 15 yr. old SCHOOL KID IN ARIZONA : New Pledge of Allegiance (TOTALLY AWESOME) ! Since the Pledge of Allegiance and The Lord’s Prayer are not allowed in most public schools anymore Because the word “God” is mentioned…. A kid in Arizona wrote the attached NEW School prayer : Now I sitContinue reading “Interesting Poem from a 15 year old…”