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Come Sunday: Lectionary Reflections (April 1, 2012)

Come Sunday: Lectionary Reflections (April 1, 2012)

| March 31, 2012 | 0 Comments

A reflection on vampires, ghosts, werewolves and repentance.

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Come Sunday: Lectionary Reflections (March 25, 2012)

Come Sunday: Lectionary Reflections (March 25, 2012)

| March 23, 2012 | 0 Comments

A reflection on vampires, ghosts, werewolves and repentance.

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Remember You Are Dust…

Remember You Are Dust…

| February 24, 2012 | 0 Comments

By Dennis Sanders Ten years ago during Ash Wednesday of 2002, I was a chaplain at Luther Hall in Minneapolis.  Luther Hall was what you would probably call a nursing home, though the people there were at various stages in their lives; some were transitioning from surgery, back to home or to another facility; but more »

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The Things You Leave Behind

The Things You Leave Behind

| January 27, 2012 | 0 Comments

Like a lot of folks I don’t like moving. And like a lot of folks, there comes a time when you stop putting things neatly in boxes. You just want to move and get things done so, all this junk gets placed in a box and you put somewhere in your house where you won’t ever look at it again.

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Thanks for the Memories…

Thanks for the Memories…

| January 7, 2012 | 0 Comments

January 15, 2012 will be a bittersweet day for us. First Christian is leaving its large home of 56 years to move to a smaller footprint.

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“We Must Look to the Future”

“We Must Look to the Future”

| December 15, 2011 | 0 Comments

The good doctor’s words fit the mood of the times, a dark time in American history, and they pointed towards a future hope, which was realized in the 1950s. Progress was the key word then and looking towards the future, things were only getting better.

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Where’s Jesus?

Where’s Jesus?

| December 15, 2011 | 0 Comments

What I was fixated on was the fact that there was no Jesus. She did a good job of hiding Jesus, because I could not find the baby Jesus any where in the sanctuary.

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This Is Gonna Be the Best Lent Ever!

This Is Gonna Be the Best Lent Ever!

| March 10, 2011 | 0 Comments

Associate Pastor Dennis Sanders shares that Lent is as much a time for joy as it is a time for reflection.

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Small Church. Big Impact.

Small Church. Big Impact.

| March 1, 2011 | 0 Comments

Associate Pastor Dennis Sanders talks about why the small Disciples congregation in Minneapolis where he serves is worth a look. Come and See God at work in the world.

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