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Video Conferencing and Sacred Space

Post author:Meggan Manlove
Post published:February 6, 2023
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And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, 25not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10:24-25, 24)I first opened a Zoom video conferencing account when the Lutheran Outdoor Ministry board president moved us from conference phone calls to Zoom in 2015. I asked our synod if we could use its account while convening the executive director search committee…

Prayer and Justice

Post author:Meggan Manlove
Post published:April 16, 2021
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On April 9 the church and world remembered German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer who died in the Flossenbürg concentration camp on that day in 1945. I shared this Bonhoeffer quote, posted by the Lutheran World Federation, on my Facebook Page ,“Our being Christian today will consist in only two things: in praying and in doing justice among people.”I have been reflecting on the relationship between prayer and doing justice regularly since last February. I attended a training in California with Mark Yaconelli,…

Allowing Time in Lent

Post author:Kelly Loy
Post published:February 18, 2021
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The season of Lent began yesterday, did you make it to one of our local Lutheran churches who did “Ashes on the Go” for your Ash Wednesday? Or did you find a time in your home or workspace to remember the day? Or did the day move past you in the usual fashion, and perhaps now you are feeling a twinge of regret for missing it, as I mention it? I always will remember one Ash Wednesday when I was living and working…

Oboe Lessons

Post author:Kathryn Baerwald
Post published:February 9, 2021
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Nearly five years ago, I started oboe lessons. This was something I wanted to do since I was in elementary school. When the time came in fifth grade to start learning a band or orchestral instrument, I really wanted to play something with flashy, silver keys and that had a cool instrument case. Instead, I was given my father’s violin. Needless to say, with such a lack of enthusiasm, my violin playing days were limited. As I got older and looked toward retirement,…