The greatest quarterback in the history of the National Football League is nearing the end of his remarkable career. He has won more Super Bowls than any other quarterback and has set many other records that will probably never be broken. Throughout his career he has played with what people call “a chip on his…
This post is the second of a three-part series on the Pauline Epistles, the 13 books of the Bible that were written as letters by the Apostle Paul. Today’s focus will be on some of the highlights of the Pauline Epistles. As someone once said, “You can’t begin and end a sermon without a quote…
The two artists featured in the current Healing Arts exhibit at the Owatonna Hospital are John C. Niemi and Linda Day. In a previous post I shared Niemi’s landscapes and butterflies. This post will focus on “Linda Day Clay.” As you will see, Linda Day has a very creative and fun approach to clay. This…
Text:1 Corinthians 1:1–3: “Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes, To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord…
Now that the Owatonna Hospital is allowing visitors again after the pandemic, I had a chance to see the current exhibit in their Healing Arts program. The exhibit features two artists, Linda Day and John C. Niemi. In this post we take a look at Niemi’s landscapes and butterflies. Niemi’s love of color is evident…
In my faith tradition early January is when we talk about Jesus’ baptism by John the Baptist in the Jordan River (See Matthew 3:13-17) and our own baptisms. In Romans chapter six Paul writes: “We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead…
Another day, another fascinating pair of headlines. First, I saw a headline reporting that Karen Bass’ first move as the new mayor of Los Angeles was to declare a homelessness state of emergency. According to the accompanying article Mayor Bass promised to, “break new ground to maximize our ability to urgently move people inside and…
“And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.” (Luke 2:21) Jsus’ circumcision was probably the most important thing that Jesus did under the Old Testament Jewish ceremonial law. Many of his fellow Jews rejected him…
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