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Image credit: https://www.amazon.com/OLIVER-Mortar-Pestle-Unpolished-Granite Luke 23:50-24:5 Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph, who, though a member of the council, 51had not agreed to their plan and action. He came from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and……
Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace,who brings good news, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns.’ To be honest, I wasn’t feeling particularly inspired by……
Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. HOPE How is it you Open the door of……
This sermon was preached at Glenwood and Canoe Ridge Lutheran Churches, Decorah, Iowa on December 9, 2018. It’s based on Luke 3:1-18. If you’d prefer to listen to it, find it at https://soundcloud.com/stacey-nalean-carlson/. Luke 3:1-18 1In the fifteenth year of……
To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go,……
Psalm 36:5-9 Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your judgments are like the great deep; you save humans and animals alike, O Lord. How precious is your……
Image is of quotations hanging in the Iowa State Capitol: Courageous confidence in the intelligence of the community is the sure sign of leadership and success (G.W. Curtis) and The ideal state – that in which an injury done to……
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; 3……
Romans 8:1-4 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. 3For God……
Psalm 119:49-50 49 Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope. 50 This is my comfort in my distress, that your promise gives me life. …life lasts so briefly, like free theater in the park—glorious and……
