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Speaking to the Soul: Money and faith

November 5, 2016 No Comments

by Linda Ryan Luke 16:9-15 Money. No matter where you look, you run into something related to money. It pays for not only the

Speaking to the Soul: Windows

November 3, 2016 No Comments

out of the depth of our oneness with Christ, we also must speak, act, write, and sing. We will not do it perfectly, not by a long shot. We will have lots of flaws and opaque bits. But even so, perhaps we will be windows to God’s astounding love.

Speaking to the Soul: All Saints Stand Here Beside Us!

November 1, 2016 1 Comment

Feast of All Saints 1 November The litany of saints that follows is chanted annually at the Church of St. Stephen and the Incarnation in

Rise in Glory Deborah Danner

October 31, 2016 1 Comment

We are all aware of the all too frequent news stories about the mentally ill who come up against law enforcement instead of mental health professionals and end up dead. We should all be aware that these circumstances represent very, very serious problems that need addressing ~Deborah Danner in “Living with Schizophrenia”

Historic Lutheran – Roman Catholic meeting

October 31, 2016 1 Comment

Martin Luther’s protest at corruption of the sacraments and the reactions that followed have left a centuries-old wound both Catholics and Lutherans are determined to heal. Here’s what Francis, who travels today to Sweden to commemorate the start of the Reformation, brings to that effort.

Speaking to the Soul: The Good Tax Collector

October 30, 2016 2 Comments

Last week we explored the ways in which we make Bible-characters — and all too often one another — into one-dimensional stereotypes. It arises from a failure to see the Imago Dei, or the Image of God, in one another.

Speaking to the Soul: Fall and beyond

October 29, 2016 No Comments

When souls are not tended carefully, they are like a plant that doesn’t get water or fertilizer. They shrivel and never reach the potential that was present when they were mere seedlings.

Speaking to the Soul: Looking for the Holy Spirit

October 27, 2016 3 Comments

Belonging to Christ is a very real, life-changing state of being, something not to be hidden away. We must speak our truth.

Speaking to the Soul: Path to the Light

October 26, 2016 2 Comments

Our freedom to act and create can lead to wondrous things—sonnets to sonatas, novels to Nobel prizes—but it can also lead to decisions to treat others as mere objects for our convenience, to cruelty, fear-mongering, and derision.

Speaking to the Soul: Lamp of the body

October 25, 2016 3 Comments

Sometimes I worry that in the church, we pay too much attention to statistics and focus groups and expert opinions at the expense of simply looking at the people involved.

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