Faith
Robin Gudal: Living out the sermon of love
I just realized I am one of the middle-agers. I guess I hadn’t stopped to process my age ...
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Robin Gudal: Surrender big and small details
It happened again. I’m not sure if Jesus knows me so well that he knows I could not ...
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Across the Pastor’s Desk: Loving people as God loves us
While working on a kibbutz in northern Israel in the 1980s, I was thrilled to hear that a ...
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Robin Gudal: Aspiring toward childlike faith
Imagine a sweet little blond girl with tousled hair from a hard day of playing sitting at a ...
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Across the Pastor’s Desk: Crying is a sign of our humanity
Lecturer Leo Buscaglia relates a personal experience of when he was asked to be a judge in a ...
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Robin Gudal: Sayings to encourage you today
I have a book from my girlhood years of sayings I collected. I still find myself scratching a ...
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Across the Pastor’s Desk: God thinks very highly of you
Remember those days when you thought you could rule the world? Remember when you were young and you ...
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Robin Gudal: Celebrating our lives with God
I was visiting with a friend, whom I met at a ministry event, from Florida via text recently. ...
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Across the Pastor’s Desk: Be transformed in image of Christ
Christmas is now over, and in most of our churches we will be moving back to ordinary time. ...
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Robin Gudal: The beauty of blessing another
As I was running errands at one of the dollar stores in town, finding a handful of treasures, ...
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Across the Pastor’s Desk: Jesus meets us in our loneliness
Even with all the warm, soft charm of Christmas time, it can be easy to lose our grip ...
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Robin Gudal: Merry CHRISTmas this year
“They say it’s ‘The most wonderful time of the year,’ yet it sometimes feels more like the most ...
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Across the Pastor’s Desk: God’s love speaks to our hearts
As Christians around the world prepare to celebrate the birth of Christ, I quietly give thanks to be ...
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Across the Pastor’s Desk: Sowing in tears, reaping in joy
At First Lutheran Church we are currently in a new worship series called “Faithful Fruits.” Each month we ...
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Robin Gudal: Do we crave what is best for us?
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you ...
