ELCA News FeedA friend posed this question to me yesterday, “Who wipes the tears from your eyes?”
Most of us came up with the same answers: when you’re young, it’s a parent. When you’re older, it’s a lover. Or maybe (very infrequently) a friend or sibling. More often though, we wipe our own tears, ashamed to cry in [...]
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Congratulations to the First Lutheran Confirmation Class of 2008. Here you are pictured (minus one student) with Pastor Karl Korbel. We look forward to celebrating wtih you on Sunday. Keep the faith!
For our devotion this week, I have two requests. One, pray for the students above. Two, watch the video [...]
On Sunday, October 19, 2008, we dedicated the new social hall out at the Westfield Church, northeast of Blooming Prairie. Though it is not completely finished, it has come a long way–and is very usable, as you will see. What a great day to thank God for the many people who have helped refurbish this [...]
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Well, it was a wonderful day for our annual Lutefisk Dinner. We served 1,629 people this year. A special thanks to all who worked so hard, for so long, to make this a success. Let’s do it again — how about Tuesday, October 20, 2009?
A few of the many photos taken are below…
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Then Jesus said to them, “Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” (Matthew 22:21).
Somewhere in the ether of wise sayings, I hear this phrase of Jesus cited once in a while. (Or it’s older translation, “Render unto Caesar…”) Rarely, do I hear it [...]
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This week’s preparations for the Lutefisk Dinner included the making of rosettes and krumkake. At first glance, both seem fairly straightforward, but there is a delicate art to ensure the proper texture and crispness. Many of our bakers have stood all day long, each fall, for decades…to help make hundreds of thousands of these perfect [...]
The lectionary, or prescribed set of Bible readings that we use in worship, assigns Psalm 23 as the psalm for this coming Sunday, October 12th.
This boy is named Tyler. His video was filmed while he was in the hospital recovering from heart surgery. Listening to him strengthened MY heart, too.
Watch the video:
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It’s that time of year again. Lefse making started this morning!!!
As I walked into the church building today, that lovely smell of starchy goodness was already wafting through the air. Thank you, lefse crew, for being such good sports as I snapped a few pictures to share…
By the way, the Lutefisk Dinner tickets are on [...]
God speaks through the prophet Isaiah this coming weekend, and we hear anguish. In fact, the entire chapter is one that describes the many ways the people have disobeyed God, not met expectations, and in general, failed. The metaphor is a vineyard:
3And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my [...]
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