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Across the Pastor’s Desk: The Gospel according to Bach

I’m a fan of the work of the Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach was a prolific composer ...

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Robin Gudal: We are in an important season

Years ago, I heard this illustration, and it sums up well the choices we have daily:

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Across the Pastor’s Desk: Life is always being made new

It has truly been a “joy” sharing ministry with you during my time here. I would like you ...

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Across the Pastor’s Desk: Jesus is the Savior that we need

This Sunday begins a very important week in the life of Christians. Holy Week begins this Sunday with ...

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Across the Pastor’s Desk: Do not conform, but be set apart

Across the Pastor’s Desk by Ryan Quigley Growing up, I always would do this thing where I would ...

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Robin Gudal: Celebrating milestones together

By the time you’ve read this I will have been to Branson, Missouri, with much of our family ...

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Robin Gudal: Losing hindrances, finding joy

Have you heard about Wilbur the Wooly sheep? He and I are much alike.

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Across the Pastor’s Desk: We need a reminder of our hope

Let’s face it, folks. This has been the mildest winter in Minnesota’s history.

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Robin Gudal: Speaking life, love and kindness

We were recently at a conference in Florida. On this trip my highlighted stories included three Cuban men, ...

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Across the Pastor’s Desk: Make Lent about God, not us

For those of you who are familiar with the church world we are currently in the season of ...

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Across the Pastor’s Desk: Lent calls us back to our center

For churches that follow the liturgical calendar, we have entered the season of Lent.

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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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