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I like to take note of people who encourage others. That’s because I’m highly aware of being the beneficiary of the same. I can’t calculate the number of people in my life who have encouraged me – people who have gone out of their way to lift me up i…
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You don’t have to spend much time driving on the interstate before you encounter one of those electronic traffic signs overhead. I’m sure you’ve seen them. They remind you to buckle your seat belt or to reduce your speed in a work zone or warn you of…
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The decline of local news is not news. We all know that journalists and beat reporters are disappearing in record numbers because of the glut of free online content, plummeting advertising revenue, and scores of other factors. The once mighty Los Ang…
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My mother loves to tell the story of my first trip to an amusement park. I was about five years old when my family took a week to visit Williamsburg, VA. I loved the historic colonial Williamsburg, I splashed all around the local water park, but I wa…
Sundays, Apr. 7-28, May 12 & 19, 10:15-11 a.m., Luther Loft Faith BasiX is an opportunity to dive in and learn more about the Christian faith from a Lutheran perspective. Gain a deeper understanding of your faith and our relationship with God. Th…
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Last week I read an article about a woman who had purchased a birthday gift for a friend. It was a thoughtful, personalized gift; chosen with care, meticulously wrapped. The friend, let’s call her Amy, ordered the gift months in advance, personalizin…
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How much money would you need to be paid to deactivate your social media accounts? In a recent study by the University of Chicago economist Leonardo Bursztyn, about 1,000 college students answered this question. Their answers averaged around $50. The…
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Earlier this week, while working on my laptop at home, something bad happened. I know there are many ways to avoid this disturbance, but I somehow missed the warnings. I probably gave it permission. My computer began to update mid-sentence. Suddenly,…
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I don’t know how many times we’ve updated the Wedding Policy booklet at St. Paul. But it has to have been every couple of years, at least. Bridal couples often propose an idea they’ve read about in a magazine or thought up on their own, some new twis…
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As I write this, I am contemplating the fact that it will be published on February 29, Leap Day. What an interesting phenomenon it is. It has its scientific basis, of course – to keep the Gregorian calendar aligned with the seasons that are created b…
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In the Noah story, God sticks a rainbow up in the sky as a memory device. That’s what I read in scripture and preached last weekend. As surprising as it may be to us, God evidently needs a personal reminder to keep this particular promise: “Never aga…
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you likely know there was a pretty big football game that took place last Sunday evening. And there were plenty of interesting storylines to follow as the San Francisco 49ers squared off against the Kansas City…