Your Backpack of Faith
Do we have a seven day a week faith or is it a Sunday morning thing? I use the metaphor of a backpack to take with us wherever we go. Don’t drop it!
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It’s A Wonderful Life?
As we step into the new year we can learn something from the Christmas Classic, It’s A Wonderful Life. Christmas and New Years all in one message!
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Article: The New Year
Well, we step into a new year on Saturday. I know, I know, dates are a human creation, but this is the way we mark time, and a new year is upon us. I don’t know what the new year holds for us as individuals or as a church, but I am sure of one…
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Christmas 2021: You Deliver Me
This is Pastor Ben Bergren’s Christmas message on December 24th, 2021. This is a reminder that God delivers us…
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My Deliverer is Coming: Love
It is the 4th week of Advent and we are on the cusp of Christmas. Love is the order of the day. I spend some time answering the question, “Why love?”
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Article: Make Time
A week from today (Friday) it will be Christmas Eve. What will you be doing that day? All the planning of the worship staff and pastors will be complete and we will be ready to celebrate Christmas together as a church family. For some, there is a danger of being too busy. Rushing to finish…
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My Deliverer is Coming: Peace
We continue our journey in Advent as we prepare for Christimas and the return of Christ. We are offered peace but how do we secure it for ourselves? We won’t find it out in the world. Listen in and find out how we can receive peace right now.
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Article: Waiting But Not Sitting Around
Advent is a time of waiting. Waiting for Christmas and waiting for Christ’s return. I am really good at waiting… because I have no choice in the matter! Honestly, I am not a patient wait-er. Over the past two years, I’ve ordered a lot more stuff online than I ever did in the past. I find it…
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My Deliverer is Coming: Hope
We begin the journey towards Christmas in a season called Advent. We will take some time looking at some themes that will help us make our way in life. Today, we explore the importance of hope.
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Article: Our Values
For the past two weeks I have been sharing our core values at Community Lutheran Church. Some might think, “Big deal. More words for the website.” Others might be wondering, “What about those other words we use? Words like: Real People, Inclusive God, Radical Grace and Inspired Growth.” Are those going away? Yet a few…
