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we need faith for the same reason it is so hard to find

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i'm using this photo 'ironically' The Holy Gospel according to St. John the tenth chapter! Woah - It's been a whirlwind lately! First there was Holy Week and our first Easter together. After that I was blessed to be able to take some vacation time and visit friends in Denver. From that trip I hurried back to Burlington, and then there was my ordination and last Sunday I was installed as the pastor here. It all went so fast, and it was so lovely. It felt like I had been riding high after high for nearly a month. And so after the wonderful reception, where you all made me feel so welcomed and so loved- after it all. After Holy Week, after Easter, after Denver, after ordination, after installation and the reception I collapsed into the bed . Everything was so much to take in, and yet there was more...   When I awoke from my post-everything nap; I got in the car and headed for Indianola. There was a conference for first-call pastors I ne...