Author Archive: Pastor Bob
Pastor Bob
September 9, 2020
the 14th sunday after pentecost the PRAYER. . . O Lord God, enliven and preserve your church with your perpetual mercy. Without your help, we mortals will fail; remove far from us everything that is harmful, and lead us toward…
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Pastor Bob
September 6, 2020
And the Word became flesh …Creation is forever! “Before almighty God to whom you must give account and in the presence of this congregation, will you assume this office believing the church’s call is God’s call to the ministry of…
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Pastor Bob
September 3, 2020
the 13th sunday after pentecost the PRAYER. . . O God, we thank you for your Son, who chose the path of suffering for the sake of the world. Humble us by his example, point us to the path of obedience,…
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Pastor Bob
August 30, 2020
Small Catechism, Lord’s Prayer, IntroductionWe can’t get any closer to god than god is to us …Right here! Right now! I was driving back home, the other morning, after livestreaming one more sunrise from Sibley Nature Center. It’s something I…
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Pastor Bob
August 27, 2020
the 12th sunday after pentecost the PRAYER. . . O God, with all your faithful followers of every age, we praise you, the rock of our life. Be our strong foundation and form us into the body of your Son, that…
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Pastor Bob
August 23, 2020
Romans 12. 1-8Only god-loving creates us-loving! It was the mid-Sixties. I was ten-years-old, at the time. Ten? Eleven? Twelve? I don’t remember much of the specifics. But what I do remember is that it wasn’t all that different from how…
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Pastor Bob
August 19, 2020
the 11th sunday after pentecost the PRAYER. . . God of all peoples, your arms reach out to embrace all those who call upon you. Teach us as disciples of your Son to love the world with compassion and constancy,…
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Pastor Bob
August 16, 2020
Reflecting on the JourneyFirst, we’re loved; then, we love. It was 6:23pm. Mountain Daylight Saving Time. Two Saturdays ago. Sherice and I were in Albuquerque, on our way back home. It was the last night of our vacation and we…
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Pastor Bob
August 12, 2020
the 10th sunday after pentecost the PRAYER. . . O God our defender, storms rage around and within us and cause us to be afraid. Rescue your people from despair, deliver your sons and daughters from fear, and preserve us…
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Pastor Bob
August 9, 2020
Romans 10. 5-15Jesus doesn’t invite us to believe.Jesus speaks us to believe. Most of us have seen the painting at one time or another. Hanging on a wall at home. On a wall at the church. Christ at Heart’s Door…
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