Lenten Reflection 6

I am descended from White settlers to North America and have benefited from the dispossession of Indigenous communities in the Upper Midwest, Northern Rockies, and Pacific Northwest. The systems put in place to bring about that land theft are largely still intact and continue to shape the way I understand…

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Lenten Reflection 2

Totally unqualified to write on the subject and requesting your indulgence, I continue your servant council’s Lenten reflections on this year’s topic though I am pretty certain that I am the least knowledgeable in our little order and perhaps even the most unsure-footed among all of God’s followers when it…

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OEF Servant Council Advent Reflections WEEK FOUR

Scripture: Luke 1:38 — “Mary said, ‘Here I am, the Lord’s slave. Let it become for me just as you said.’” Exhortation: The angel’s message to Mary was strange. The Holy of Holies in the Temple in Jerusalem was empty: there was no ark. Many common people in Galilee, and those in…

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OEF Servant Council CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

 In Luke 2:1-20, the emperor Augustus and the governor of Quirinius, men of power, wealth, and privilege, are the backdrop of what appears to be an ordinary couple in a difficult situation: they have freshly arrived in town and Mary is great with child, about to deliver, but the inn…

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Servant Council Advent Reflections week Two

Scripture: Mark 1:4 — “John the Baptist proclaimed a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” Exhortation: Baptism initiates us into a life – a way or path – of repentance. When we are baptized, we become lifelong penitents. When John baptized Jesus, the Spirit kissed him with approval and anointed…

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