New Year’s Day 2023
It is the first day of 2023! How will we face the new year? By being present in the moment because that is where our faith is.
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Article: Christmas 2022 Reflections
We come to the last few days of the year with an eye on New Year’s Day. Even as the world has moved on from Christmas, that is the season we are in and will be until Epiphany on January 6th. I know it seems odd that it is still Christmas. After all, the stores…
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Christmas Eve 2022
How do we find peace in a world of hate? We find peace in the people we love and in the Prince of Peace who came to us.
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Holiday To-Do List: Be the Light
We continue our Advent journey by proposing a different to do list. Instead of going to go see Christmas lights maybe we should be the light to others.
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Articles: Cookies!
This past Sunday at church, I told everyone that Rachel (my wife) made an old family cookie recipe that goes back several generations. That old Swedish cookie is called “Pepparkakor.” The house smelled wonderful as the first batch of cookies baked in the oven. The aroma took me back to when I was a child…
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Article: Making Room
John weeks looked into the origins of the word Advent (the church season we are in right now) and this is what he discovered… The word Advent comes from the Latin word, “advenire”, conjugated as “adventus” which is a combination word of “ad” meaning, “to” or “toward” and “venire”, “come” which is conjugated as ventus,…
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Holiday To-Do List: Be Present
We enter into another busy season! Instead of trying to do it all, let us slow down a bit. Maybe instead of buying presents for everyone, we could give a better gift of being fully present in people’s lives this season.
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Core Values: Generosity
We finish up our sermon series on our core Values at CLC. There are blessings to receive when we are generous. It may sound too good to be true but it is not.
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Article: Thankful
By the time I write my next article, it will be the season of Advent. We will be getting ready for the advent of our King. Before we get to that next season of the church, I want to take a moment to wish you, your family and your friends a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving….
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Core Values: Learning
We continue our exploration of our core values at CLC. In this message, I talk about the importance of learning and to understand what underpins our faith and what does not!
