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Happy Lutheran Blog
6d ago
There are many streams that make up the great coursing river of Christianity that ebbs and flows throughout the entire world. The streams all have their source in Jesus Christ, of course, but their shape, taste, depth, and breath all vary, flavored and colored by their different histories and geographies. But as they come together ..read more
Happy Lutheran Blog
1w ago
For Lent this year, I am reading Lent in Plain Sight: a Devotion through Ten Objects, by Jill Duffield. It has been very good so far, and I wanted to share the devotion from Monday, because it really resonated with a practice that I am trying to embody throughout this season. She reflects on Exodus ..read more
Happy Lutheran Blog
3w ago
I wanted to share some reflections from an article in the recent issue of The New Yorker. The title of the article was “Helicopter Parents” (by Nick Paumgarten), and from the title alone, I imagine the same topic jumped into your mind as it did into mine: those human parents who hover over their children ..read more
Happy Lutheran Blog
1M ago
On Tuesday in chapel, we prayed a really lovely petition for small gratitudes–giving thanks for God showing up in small ways in our everyday lives. It struck me at the time, and I have continued to think about it. This prayer has stayed with me because I realize that I am feeling overwhelmed by so ..read more
Happy Lutheran Blog
1M ago
Walter Brueggemann is one of my favorite Old Testament scholars, primarily because I am not an Old Testament scholar! I find his writing very accessible, very interesting, and always thought-provoking and generative. I just finished a recent book of essays, Truth and Hope: Essays for a Perilous Age. As the title suggests, the chapters are ..read more
Happy Lutheran Blog
2M ago
Given that today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, perhaps you might have imagined that this post would be titled, “Remembering” MLK–you know, looking back and celebrating who he was and all he accomplished. But, that is not what I want to do today, January 20th, 2025. Today, I want to invite us to look ..read more
Happy Lutheran Blog
2M ago
“Something looks back from the trees, and knows me for who I am.” Jane Hirschfield I finally saw him. For months, I have heard the Great Horned Owls that live in the trees near my house. Almost every day, every evening and every early morning, I hear the pair of them [Great Horned Owls are ..read more
Happy Lutheran Blog
2M ago
Whether you are a resolution person or not, the start of a new year affords all of us the opportunity to reflect upon and set some intentions for how we want to show up in 2025: the kind of energy we want to manifest and bring to others; where we want to commit our time ..read more
Happy Lutheran Blog
3M ago
A sermon for Christmas Day, 2024 The Word became flesh and lived among us. Let’s begin with the flesh. Your flesh, my flesh. The flesh of everyone you have ever known, or will know. The flesh of billions you will never know, across time and space. All flesh. The flesh of the whole creation. Flesh ..read more
Happy Lutheran Blog
3M ago
This is one of the Advent devotionals I have been using this season [shout-out to faculty colleague Troy Troftgruben, who is one of the contributors], and I really loved today’s reflection. Here it is; and I hope it sparks your own thinking about joy, and how you come alive in service to God and others ..read more