Sitting by a Minnesota lake in May has much more appeal when the lake is not still frozen. It is my deep hope that by the time you read this, spring has actually appeared in Northern Minnesota . . .
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In ancient Hebrew, the root word of what we now translate as “heart” may actually mean “center.” The heart was regarded as the center of the total human person . . .
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Back to topAccording to the Gospels, after Jesus rose from the dead, the first thing He said when He appeared to the Apostles was, “Peace be with you.” Why were these the first words? What did He mean by this? . . .
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Back to topThe Easter Season is a grand season – so grand that it lasts fifty day! I trust that the celebration is so long and intentional because it takes a while for it all to sink-in. Even though I have heard the Easter Story recounted . . .
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Back to topChrist is risen! He is risen indeed, alleluia! Let all creation praise and exult in the wonders of this holy solemnity! Death begets life, darkness begets light, evil begets goodness, despair is turned to hope, the impossible becomes possible, and sorrow is turned to joy. Let us indeed be . . .
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Back to topFor me one of the most compelling characters of the Easter story is Mary Magdalene. I have always been drawn to the Easter morning story which recounts her discovery that Jesus’ body is missing.
Even though there are not a lot of details that tell us what she is thinking or feeling . . .
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Back to topThis is a favorite scripture of mine which comes to mind particularly during this Easter season, especially as the waters are rushing down hills and mountains into the lakes and rivers, and as spring is trying to break forth . . .
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Back to top“Spring has sprung.” You know it with your whole being. The earth has come alive and you feel its movement above you and below you. Even the birds in your back yard know it. Have you noticed . . .
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Back to topI trust I will not weary you if I mention what you know already: that we say ALLELUIA daily and that we take delight in it daily. For you know that ALLELUIA means “Praise God,” and by this . . .
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Back to topEvery year we celebrate the greatest of all Christian mysteries—the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus. What does the work “mystery” convey to us? Does it mean that these events in the life of Jesus are out of our realm of experience? Or does it bring to mind . . .
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Back to topAlleluia . . . what a great word! It sums up all we believe, feel, and experience during the Easter Season.
I am so grateful for this word. It would be hard to articulate the joy, peace, gratitude, and excitement of Easter if we did not have alleluia to sing and shout! . . .
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Back to top“Two of them were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus,
and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred. And it happened that . . .”
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