Here is the Sermon I preached on January 9, 2011. It is entitled Identity Theft. I find it interesting that a couple days after this my wife and I received letters from our insurance company that someone had been let go because they had gotten into claim files with our names and important numbers without cause. They companyContinue reading “Identity Theft – Sermon from Baptism of our Lord.”
Category Archives: Thoughts and Wonderings
Start of a good year!
Over the past few days I have been inputing my activities and other stuff on the ELCA Wellness website . I liked the way this graph looked so I wanted to share it. It shows my weight from the beginning of the year last year when I did this same program to get monies toContinue reading “Start of a good year!”
Two Wolves.
TWO WOLVES One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all. “One is Evil – It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. “TheContinue reading “Two Wolves.”
Sin or Brokenness…
WorkingPreacher.org. Which word do we use, sin or brokenness? Or is there another word that makes sense here? Should we say that only sin will do, when there is brokenness, blindness, separation, sickness… and many other ways to talk about our human fralitlies… I’d be interested to read your thoughts…
The Meaning of Meaning in Film with Producer Hunt Lowry, Part I & II – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog
The Meaning of Meaning in Film with Producer Hunt Lowry, Part I & II – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog. Great interviews with a wonderful man about the meaning in movies and meaning in life. Makes you stop and think about what meaning is and why we do what we do…
The yogurt is still frozen…
I was listening to KSBJ this morning on my drive to the office, and I heard one of the DJs telling a story about their 2 year old who loves yogurt. The young one went to the refrigerator and found some yogurt in the freezer. Now this was not frozen yogurt like ice cream, this was actuallyContinue reading “The yogurt is still frozen…”
Burnt Biscuits
Received this today in an email and thought I would share. Please pass the burnt biscuits… When I was a kid, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work. On that eveningContinue reading “Burnt Biscuits”
Hosea 3:1 TNIV – YouVersion.com
Hosea 31 The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.” 2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and aboutContinue reading “Hosea 3:1 TNIV – YouVersion.com”
Autumn Training Day 2 – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog
Autumn Training Day 2 – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog. Another wonderful post from Rich Melheim.
Children Doing Ministry – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog
Children Doing Ministry – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog. Is it possible to think of a Sunday School where every family member comes! Not only is welcome but is actually there? No more dropping off the kids and running to a coffee shop, or sitting in the narthex, or standing out side on the parking lot, but allContinue reading “Children Doing Ministry – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog”
