Singing in the Rain has always been one of my favorite movies. I have a very distinct childhood memory of staying up late into the wee hours of the morning, with my Mother, watching Gene Kelly, Donal O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds sing and dance their hearts out in this movie during a PBS special broadcast. […]
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To my fellow Christians…. reflecting on Robin William’s Death. Let’s think about what we say. And think before we say (or write) it. Click on the link here, to hear some thoughts I have about how we Christians react in these tragic public moments…. Movie on 2014-08-12 at 00.57
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A spontaneous word of appreciation to teachers, school administrators and school workers everywhere…Movie on 2014-08-07 at 14.06 Thanks for what you do! + Jonathan
I think a lot of my non-Christian friends would love Jesus, if they met him. And I think a lot of my Christian friends might be surprised by who He is, when they do meet him, face to face, one day. I will be too. I have no doubt. I am guessing the whole
Jana and I received cards from Luther Seminary this past week congratulating us (and honestly, reminding us) that June 28 was the 20th anniversary or our ordinations. I remember that night, two decades ago, at Roseville Lutheran, when so many of you joined us for that Holy moment. Thanks to many of you, family and
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Let’s just call him Joe. This would be appropriate, because his name is… well…. Joe. But this ain’t no “Ordinary Joe.” Not on this night, especially. Background: I am the Program Director here at Mount Carmel Family Camp and Retreat Center in Alexandria, MN. It is my job, among a long list of other
Note: Our beloved Beagle, Daisy, died yesterday. She had been increasingly lethargic on Thursday. Eating and drinking nothing. We began to worry. I took her to the vet yesterday and we soon learned Daisy’s liver was filled with several small cancerous tumors, some of which were spilling blood into her stomach. The kindest (and hardest)
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2013 – Bummer Year or Great Year? • I continued to work at about half of the income I used to make as a pastor, which, as you may know, ain’t exactly the lap of luxury to begin with. • I continued to be able to develop my dream of a faith-based drama ministry locally,
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If I was not the stoic Swede and emotionally distant, unattached all-American male that I am, I would say that “The Notebook” is the most romantic movie I am aware of and that even though I was just going to put it in for a few minutes last night, I ended up watching the whole
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I am finally getting started with a Blog. For far too long I have chronicled my thoughts, reflections, statements (and questions) of faith and other ramblings … profound or silly… on Facebook. Frequently enough, friends would tell me I need to blog. Now they might have been telling me this out of encouragement… as
