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Choose Life!
by David Hawkinson
Today, in the church year, we celebrate the Ascension of Jesus, which comes 40 days after the Resurrection. Ascension means to go up, and it has to do with that time when Jesus went up into the heavens while the disciples and others stood around on a hillside and watched.
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Waldenstrom's Commentary
Luke 7:11-17 and Waldenstrom's Commentary
translated by Tommy Carlson
Gospel Lesson for the Third Sunday After Pentecost
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Books
Middle Passage by Charles Johnson
reviewed by Peter Sandstrom
Charles Johnson uses a common enough vehicle to introduce us to his novel and to his protagonist. It is called, “Have you ever had one of those days... ?”
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The Chris-Craft Smile
by Max Carlson
It took a whole year for my sister and Peter to plan this wedding. When we went to our lake cabin, my sister kept thinking and talking about the wedding.
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From Mattson
I have noticed for some time now, in conversations and a variety of writings, that there seems to be an inordinate preoccupation with what is “wrong” with the Covenant and its institutions — and institutions in general. (My apologies to those who are part of another covenant.) Theories abound about how to make the church grow, how to make it more effective, how to attract the right people and the right pastors, where to locate churches, etc., etc., etc. . . .
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Fishes of Men: A Discourse on the Human Condition
by Karl Rosenquist
Last night I went to bed with the Devil and fell asleep with the Lord. I’ve danced with them both on several occasions, some waltzes, some rain-dances, some funerals, some bunny-hops. In my dreams I’m bound to both, now a prophet, now the Antichrist, now a disciple celebrating the apocalypse.
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Therapeutic Theological Thought
by Penrod
Motto: “All therapy ends badly.” — Sigmund Freud God does not require us to be perfect.
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Abdallah
by David C. Bjorkquist
From Tanzania Journal, December 30, 1991 - February 10, 1992
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A Little Dinghy
by Elder M. Lindahl
My friend, Doug, tells of a parishioner who was a very quiet, restrained man He never said much at the church business meetings, at coffee hours or anytime they met — that is, until one day when somehow the subject of boats came up.
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Poetry
Summer
by Max Carlson
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The Bottom Line
by Phil Johnson
Two issues ago, Art Anderson commented that the bottom line puts people at the bottom. His lead opens the door for further comment on this metaphor. I avoid the term “the bottom line” like a plague.
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The Least of These
by Brenda Ueland
Excerpt from a new book by Brenda Ueland, Strength To Your Sword Arm, available fall, 1992
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Where We Got Our Hymns
Where We Got Our Hymns — Chapter 3
by J. Irving Erickson
In Jesper Swedberg’s Psalmbok of 1694, there appeared a text that was to become the most popular summer hymn in Sweden — “Den blomstertid nu kommer” (Now Comes the Time for Flowers).
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A Contemporary Psalm
by Ray Mulligan
I am lost, and yet, surrounded by the lost. Wandering through my life, Seeking the way, But not knowing the way.
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Out and About
by Phil Johnson
The members of Salem Covenant Church in New Brighton, Minnesota provided the hospitality for this banquet. The decorations were tasteful, the food was excellent, and the service was superb.
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Sport Report
by Phil Johnson
Motto: The real game is the game you are in. Text: “Bodily exercise profiteth little.” — Paul of Tarsus
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Post: Readers Respond
Read your interesting article [“Learning to Love Catholics”). That is exactly the way we were brought up, too. So glad things have changed for the better in this respect.
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Poetry
Eric Enters Sunday School
by Don Erickson
Mother Melissa and Father Phil took this day (A fall day) small, evidently unfallen Eric — Too young to have told a lie, much less Swear, or hit a brother on the head — To a church where some reverend person Wet his head one, two, three times, And distracted even his parents With words and more words concerning some Ancient baby, some other first-born son, Who — apparently — was bigger, or Had a greater family, including a bird... .
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Pietisten Editors Face Their Failure Skogsbergh’s Point Remains Untaken
An objective established at one of our first editorial meetings was to retake Skogsbergh's Point on Lake Minnetonka, west of Minneapolis. We outlined a plan to sail up to Skogsbergh’s Point in the dead of night, land, and plant the Pietisten flag firmly in its soil.
