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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……
This sermon was preached at Glenwood & Canoe Ridge Lutheran Churches, Decorah, Iowa, on March 18, 2018. It’s based on John 12:20-33. If you’d prefer to listen to it, find it at https://soundcloud.com/stacey-nalean-carlson/. At this point in our Lenten journey,……
Today I’ll finally take down the last of the winter decorations, the antique sled by the front door and the evergreen garland trimming the garage. They could have come down weeks ago, I suppose, along with the Christmas tree, and……
This sermon was preached at Glenwood & Canoe Ridge Lutheran Churches, Decorah, Iowa, on March 11, 2018. It’s based on John 3:14-21, Psalm 107, and Numbers 21:4-9. If you’d prefer to listen to it, find it at https://soundcloud.com/stacey-nalean-carlson/. For God……
