http://fccminneapolis.org Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:34:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been remiss in my blogging over the last few days.  It just goes to show that establishing new habits isn't always the easiest thing to do.  My apologies, O y'all in the blogosphere. Habits are one way of getting along in life; changing habits can be a way of ... http://fccminneapolis.org/2010/03/09/pastors-lenten-blog-13/ This is the Third of the Lenten Meditations by Deb Murphy based on her exhibit, "The Sacred on the Street."  This week's Devotion is "Bells." You can download this devotion by going here. “Thin places” are those places and spaces where we encounter God, the Divine, the Holy. The Jewish practice ... http://fccminneapolis.org/2010/03/08/the-sacred-on-the-street-devotion-three-bells/ Our unofficial Artitist-In-Residence, Deb Murphy had other pictures that did not make it into her exhibit, "The Sacred on the Street." However, they are showing up as bulletin covers during Lent. This is the third one, called "Young Trees." I personally love this picture of the kids with Bob. ... http://fccminneapolis.org/2010/03/06/lenten-devotional-young-trees/ "Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint."  (Isaiah 40:41) What does it mean to wait upon the Lord?  A couple of thoughts surface; sometimes to "wait" means ... http://fccminneapolis.org/2010/03/04/pastors-lenten-blog-12/ In my short time as an ordained minister, I am finding one the most challenging things to take on is congregational transformation. It's one thing to plant a church, quite another for a 133 year-old church to change some of the things its been doing. In my 17 months at ... http://fccminneapolis.org/2010/03/02/change-you-can-believe-in/ “Jesus asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did.” --Luke 13: 2-3 “Repent or perish” frankly scares me. Lent is about reflection and ... http://fccminneapolis.org/2010/03/01/reflections-on-the-word-march-7/ This is the Second of the Lenten Meditations by Deb Murphy based on her exhibit, "The Sacred on the Street."  This week's Devotion is "Music." You can download this devotion by going here. “Thin places” are those places and spaces where we encounter God, the Divine, the Holy. While not a place, ... http://fccminneapolis.org/2010/03/01/the-sacred-on-the-street-devotion-two-music/ I ran,  into a circumstance of helplessness this morning, involving someone I cared about, but about whose circumstances I could do nothing.  Most of the time when I feel helpless it's a motivator; I try to be helpful, solution-suggesting (yes, I'm a typical male in that regard!) but here, all ... http://fccminneapolis.org/2010/03/01/pastors-lenten-blog-11/ The sermon I preached this morning was about the Jerusalems in our lives, in the context of human ways that get in the way of God's ways.  In Luke 13: 31 - 35, Jesus lamented over Jerusalem as the city who killed the prophets in pursuit of expedient ways, or ... http://fccminneapolis.org/2010/02/28/pastors-lenten-blog/ Our unofficial Artitist-In-Residence, Deb Murphy had other pictures that did not make it into her exhibit, "The Sacred on the Street." However, they are showing up as bulletin covers during Lent. This is the second one,  called "Chai" which is part of a series of photos taken at the Holocaust ... http://fccminneapolis.org/2010/02/27/lenten-devotional-chai/