PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH, March 9, 2025: 1st Sunday in Lent, C Deuteronomy 26:1-11 (creedal confession when giving first fruit) Psalm 91:1-13(God will shield his Righteous One; angels will bear…
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Prayers of the Church, Wednesday, March 5, 2025: Ash Wednesday, C Joel 2:12-19 (return to the Lord with all your heart; sanctify a fast) Psalm 51 (wash me from…
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“And so when those hired first came, they thought that they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius. When they received it, they grumbled at the…
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“Now when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, starting with the last group to the first.’ When…
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“And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace; and to those he said, ‘You go into the vineyard also, and whatever is…
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“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. When he had agreed with the laborers for…
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Last month there was a discussion in the ELCA Clergy Facebook group where one person mentioned concerns that had been shared by a member of the congregation regarding last summer’s…
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“And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms on account of my name, will receive many times as much, and…
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Then Peter responded and said to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You; what then will there be for us?” And Jesus said to them, “Truly I say…
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CANCEL CULTURE STRIKES AGAIN Last month there was a discussion in the ELCA Clergy Facebook group where one person mentioned concerns that had been shared by a member of the…
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