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& then last night she cried and told us about Jesus The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke the 11th Chapter ! Unfortunately every church seems to have at least one… You know, those places where the carpet has seen better days.  Those marks where the carpet began pulling apart. The spot where the carpet is nearly threadbare. Good taste suggests replacement, or at least repair. Lutherans, though, we tend to be negligent in that area. So those marks, stay. Thinning even more after yet another year… And no, I’m not talking about the path to the coffee pot.   What I am talking about is that place we used to call “the crossing.” These days, we’ve lost our distinct vocabulary. So we have no name for that place in the sanctuary. You know, that place where the healthy walk up to receive communion without a second though. That place where the rambunctious youngsters, distract the congregation as the pastor tries to give a youth sermon. That place wh...

because i am living just to breathe   Today the readings, from Abraham haggling with God , to the disciples' question toJesus and Jesus' reply and encouragement, are all about prayer. So today, obviously, the sermon will be all about prayer. The nine simples steps to an effective prayer life with God. Or we could go through Martin Luther's small catechism. Should we have a quiz? Or the ACT - 'Ask, Confess, Thank' model of prayer. The truth is, though, none of that stuff works; it doesn't. I mean, heaven forbid that we have a quiz about Luther's Small Catechism, because outside a few folks; most of us wouldn't remember a thing. So since none of that stuff works, I'm not going to preach about it... This summer I have had the privilege to attend a few conferences. First, for continuing Education I went to a conference about the church that is emerging, what the church will look, act & be like in the future. The...