St. Peter's Lutheran Church

Tag: Witnessing

  • Faith Rituals in a Secular World

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    Everyone is decked out in their uniforms for their morning responsibilities.  They gather in a circle and create a bit of sanctuary amid the chaos that surrounds them … laughter, movement, local urchins running around, and beverages being consumed.  Their leader offers up ritual words for the task before them, invoking God’s blessing on their…

  • A Different Kind of Witnessing

    A Different Kind of Witnessing

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    We meet in the slightly chill air of an overcast morning … twenty or twenty-five of us.  Most of us have come right from church service.  We stand on a brick walkway or in the mulch or atop a few cement steps.  Trees surround our gathering area, though not entirely.  Those who pass by on…

  • Come and See

    Come and See

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    traditional sermon Epiphany 2 We live in a culture that floods us with words … yes, we literally drown in information of every kind imaginable.   Social media platforms … newspapers … 24-hour TV with a couple of hundred channels … emails … texts … conversations … radio … snail mail pamphlets and newsletters … robo-calls…