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This sermon was preached at Glenwood and Canoe Ridge Lutheran Churches, Decorah, Iowa, on April 29, 2018. It’s based on John 15:1-8, Acts 8:26-40, and 1 John 4:7-21. If you’d prefer to listen to it, find it at https://soundcloud.com/stacey-nalean-carlson. Last……
Earlier this month, I read a beautiful essay by Scott Edward Anderson on Poetry as Practice: How Paying Attention Helps Us Improve Our Writing in the Age of Distraction. I commend the entire essay to you. Here’s the link: https://www.cleavermagazine.com…….
This sermon was preached at Glenwood and Canoe Ridge Lutheran Churches, Decorah, Iowa, on April 22, 2018. It’s based on Acts 3:1-4:12. If you’d prefer to listen to it, find it at https://soundcloud.com/stacey-nalean-carlson. As part of our Northern Lights concert……
I’m starting my birthday right, watching the Boston Marathon and remembering my own marathon experience two years ago. To celebrate/deny my 40th birthday, I ran the Carmel (Indiana) Marathon on April 16, 2016. It was my first; I’m confident it……
This sermon was preached at Glenwood Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa, on April 15, 2018. It’s based on Luke 24:36b-48. If you’d prefer to listen to it, find it at https://soundcloud.com/stacey-nalean-carlson. Have you anything here to eat? This ranks right up……
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. –Psalm 51:10 It all started with a file I couldn’t find. Then, somewhere along the way, it became a spiritual exercise. Usually, though……
This Easter Sunday sermon was preached at Glenwood and Canoe Ridge Lutheran Churches, Decorah, Iowa on April 1, 2018. It’s based on John 20:1-18. If you’d prefer to listen to it, find it at https://soundcloud.com/stacey-nalean-carlson. Are you looking for Jesus……
This sermon was preached at Glenwood & Canoe Ridge Lutheran Churches, Decorah, Iowa, on March 25, 2018. It’s based on John 12:12-19, 31-37, 44-50 and Isaiah 50:4-9a. If you’d prefer to listen to it, find it at https://soundcloud.com/stacey-nalean-carlson. Three months……
In honor of World Poetry Day, and in anticipation of Holy Week, I offer you this poem I wrote last year. I. Introduction It’s almost too much The depth of human experience In the course of just a few……
