For Those in Authority

It would suffice to say that someone who has an authority put over them usually comes to resent that authority. Authority and subordination comes in many forms: Parents and children; a caretaker and a person needing care; a boss and employees; a CEO and board members; a governor and state citizens; a representative and constituents; …

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Repost: The Lord’s Prayer: Who Art In Heaven

-- Within the last part of the series “The Lord’s Prayer”, the subject for discussion was on the fact that the Lord is our Father and what that means for our daily life and daily walk with Christ. This part will discuss the following phrase: who art in heaven. Simple words, yet they hold great …

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Repost: The Lord’s Prayer: Our Father

Currently, I am co-writing on another blog for a friend of mine. This is my first post written for that blog, the Lutheran Column. ~ While the Lord's Prayer is a well-known part of a church service, I sometimes wonder if there is a lack of intentionality and consideration in the recitation of the Prayer. …

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Train Up Your Child

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. ~ Proverbs 22:6 ~ For the last couple of months, my husband and I have been leading a study with our church's youth group through church history. Well, it began around the central idea …

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Great is His Faithfulness

I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope. Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great …

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