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Author: Rev. Craig Ross

  • Pastor’s Email Devotion, November 15, 2015

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    Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Pentecost 25 November 15, 2015   Reflect upon what you have been commanded, for what is hidden is not your concern.  (Ecclesiasticus 3:22, NRSV)   I am conflicted.  Too many thoughts and realities colliding inside my head.  Because there is plenty of empty space between my ears, it feels like…

  • Pastor’s Email College Devotion, November 15, 2015

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    Pastor’s Email College Devotion The Week of Pentecost 25 November 15, 2015   But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. (Romans 8:25, NRSV)   I am not entirely sure of the advice I should share with you as your pastor, in the face of the terrorist…

  • 11-8-15, Pentecost 24 (PR) Traditional, Are You Limping Through Life?

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    PENTECOST 24                                                                    1 Kings 18:20-39 PETER’S LUTHERAN – NEFFSVILLE Psalm 24 NOVEMBER 8, 2015                                                            Mark 9:2-4     Idols are no longer a problem for us, are they?  No one here worships Ba’al, like Jezebel and her posse of priests did in our lesson today.  I’ve never caught any of you dancing…

  • Pastor’s Email College Devotion, November 8, 2015

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    Pastor’s Email College Devotion The Week of Pentecost 24 November 8, 2015   And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.  (2 Corinthians 9:8, NRSV)   So where are the blessings in your life?   Good…

  • Pastor’s Email Devotion, November 8, 2015

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    Pastor’s Email Devotion The Week of Pentecost 24 November 8, 2015   And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.  (2 Corinthians 9:8, NRSV)   Admittedly, I am easily humbled.  All sorts of experiences in…

  • Pastor’s Email College Devotion, November 1, 2015

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    Pastor’s Email College Devotion The Week following All Saints’ Day November 1, 2015   Remember the wonderful works he has done, his miracles, and the judgements he has uttered.  (Psalm 105:5, NRSV)   As I watch Game 5 of the World Series, I am trying to channel the spirit of the 1969 Miracle Mets.  KC…

  • Pastor’s Email Devotion, November 1, 2015

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    Pastor’s Email College Devotion The Week following All Saints’ Day November 1, 2015   Remember the wonderful works he has done, his miracles, and the judgements he has uttered.  (Psalm 105:5, NRSV)   As I watch Game 5 of the World Series, I am trying to channel the spirit of the 1969 Miracle Mets.  KC…

  • 10-25-15, Reformation Sunday (PR), What Does Grace Look Like?

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    REFORMATION SUNDAY                                                 Romans 3:19-28 PETER’S LUTHERAN – NEFFSVILLE                          Psalm 46 OCTOBER 25, 2015                                                              John 8:31-36 Grace is hard.  It shouldn’t be, right? … I mean, we’re Lutherans … grace is our wheelhouse … we excel at it.  But sometimes life gets in…

  • Pastor’s College Email Devotion, October 25, 2015, Guest Devotioneer, Pastor Sarah

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    Pastor’s Email College Devotion — Guest Devotioneer, Pastor Sarah The Week following Reformation Sunday October 25, 2015   Hi there!   Have you ever had a task that you set for yourself, but kept putting it off? This weekend was supposed to be laundry weekend at the Teichmann house, but we were so busy. Let’s…

  • Pastor’s Email Devotion, October 25, 2015 — Guest Devotioneer, Pastor Sarah

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    Pastor’s Email Devotion — Guest Devotioneer, Pastor Sarah The Week following Reformation Sunday October 25, 2015   Greetings!   Today we celebrated Reformation Sunday at St. Peter’s. We annually celebrate and remember leaders like Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon and their fellow reformers who courageously spoke out against some of the abuses they witnessed occurring in…