Finding Faith ... in a reminder that bonding comes when phones are away
EDITOR'S NOTE: In October 2021 I began a new venture writing a newspaper column titled "Finding Faith" for the Forum Communications Co....
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Jan 316 min read
Finding Faith ... in building a virtual but dedicated faith community here
I wonder what it would like if we were to undertake an experiment right here in this digital community we're calling "Finding Faith In,"...
Jan 294 min read
Finding Faith ... in the unexpected places where we find God's beauty
Minnesota winters aren't for everyone. There's a lot that can make the season unbearable. The snow, the ice, the sub-zero temperatures,...
Jan 273 min read
Finding Faith ... in
By Pastor Devlyn Brooks Dear Faith Family … And on to month two of the new year! … Does anyone else feel as if January flashed by in a...
Jan 263 min read
Finding Faith ... in our daughter's unabashed and unjaded curiosity
EDITOR'S NOTE: In October 2021 I began a new venture writing a newspaper column titled "Finding Faith" for the Forum Communications Co....
Jan 244 min read
Finding Faith ... in finding the absolute greatest "catch" of my life!
Dear Shel ... Happy birthday my love! I hope that you receive all the love and kind messages that you deserve today! ... Even if I have...
Jan 233 min read
Finding Faith ... in knowing the difference between happiness and joy
I think one of the factors as to why we are in the spiraling spiritual milieu we are experiencing these days, is our collective lack of...
Jan 223 min read
Finding Faith ... in being featured on a faith podcast talking about ... faith
If you've ever had a burning desire to listen to me wax on poetically about how it is that I became a pastor, how it feels to keep one...
Jan 217 min read
Finding Faith ... in learning that our calls are to serve all our neighbors
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Oct. 23, 2021, I was ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and...
Jan 204 min read
Finding Faith ... in lending an ear to a fellow grieving and stranded passenger
Four years ago this past Wednesday, I found myself trying to get home from a work convention in Galveston, Texas. While eventually it...
Jan 193 min read
Finding Faith ... in learning it's not our business to decide who's 'right' anyway
EDITOR'S NOTE: In October 2021 I began a new venture writing a newspaper column titled "Finding Faith" for the Forum Communications Co....
Jan 174 min read
Finding Faith ... in learning to love a "Living Lutheran's" website as well
It seems that no corner of our faith life, nor our ministries, is safe from adaptation, which rationally we Lutherans should see as a...
Jan 165 min read
Finding Faith ... in a lesson learned in the dead of winter's extreme cold
"For God speaks in one way and in two, though people do not perceive it." -- Job 33:14 I can't imagine how imagine how frustrated God...
Jan 159 min read
Finding Faith ... in hearing our modern-day Biblical prophets
The Hebrew Bible text in this week's lectionary is Jonah 3:1-5, 10, in which God directs the book's namesake to go forth and warn the...
Jan 143 min read
Finding Faith ... in doing better to welcome everyone in our church doors
"Dale is the only pastor I’ve met who says that there are a lot of Christians who don’t practice what they preach. That was huge to me,...
Jan 139 min read
Finding Faith ... in the Bible as more than just a book full of scriptures
Quick ... how many times does the word "snow" appear in the Bible? ... Imagine the theme from Final Jeopardy playing in your head while...
Jan 134 min read
Finding Faith ... in learning not to make deals with the devil
This may be controversial for a Generation Xer to admit, but I've never been a big Ralph Macchio fan. Frankly, I've found his acting to...
Jan 123 min read
Finding Faith ... in a simple plea for a little change to get something to eat
EDITOR'S NOTE: In October 2021 I began a new venture writing a newspaper column titled "Finding Faith" for the Forum Communications Co....
Jan 115 min read
Finding Faith ... in learning to be God's hands and feet here on earth
I think one of the great travesties of our faith communities is that we far too often turn our focus inward to ourselves rather than...
Jan 87 min read
Finding Faith ... in knowing looking into Jesus' eyes will forever change you
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Oct. 23, 2021, I was ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and...
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