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Sermon on Islam and America

March 20th, 2015 by Aubri

Sermon on Islam and America

Preached March 15, 2015 for Lent 4B

The Islamic government known as ISIS beheaded 21 Christians recently.  They have killed over 200 people, including Americans.  This shocks us because it seems like we are past violence and inflexible convictions.  We have been sold the lie that we can all just get along—that peace is our right.  But truth and error cannot coexist.

Our problem is that we do not see anything worth fighting or dying for.  We do not understand truth, the way these Muslims do.  They are willing to die for their false religion.  But we who have the true religion can barely be inconvenienced to come to church or give a few percent of our income.  Do we see any truth as worth dying for?  Our nation is completely secularized.  Uncompromising religion is hard for us to comprehend.

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St. Patrick’s Day – At The Parsonage

March 19th, 2015 by Aubri

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For the Commemoration of St. Patrick:

Morning Rainbow Snack for Ephraim
After school party – Coloring pages and an easy Trinity Craft, popcorn and green candy
Supper – Irish Skillet without cabbage (not pretty but the babies had 3rds?! What?) and Soda Bread
Dessert- Shamrock Cake

We all know about St. Patrick, as much as there is to know. But reading the entry on him today in Treasury of Daily Prayer one line stood out.

“He strongly defended the doctrine of the Holy Trinity when it was not popular to do so.”

This made me consider how unpopular many (all) of the doctrines of the Church are becoming and how hard it is getting to stand and defend them in our day. Patrick faced a hate from those who would seek to kill him. We haven’t gotten there yet, but we face hate don’t we? I know our pastors do.

We ask God for boldness, clarity and strength. We pray for our pastors who weekly stand in their pulpits and preach a despised message for sinners. And we pray for the Church’s missionaries who leave home to take God’s Word to unfamiliar places.

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The Lephrechaun Fun Run

March 17th, 2015 by Aubri

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We’ve been heading to “the next town over” since 2011 for the annual Lephrachaun Fun Run that kicks off their grand St. Patrick’s Day festival. I still don’t know why St. Patrick’s Day is such a big deal for them. Aren’t they all German up here?

Anyway, we like to go. We missed it last year cuz Phil had an owie and couldn’t run, so I was glad to get back to our tradition.

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Another Guest Post Over At SDMW

March 14th, 2015 by Aubri

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Anna was kind enough to invite me to write for the wonderful blog Sister, Daughter, Mother, Wife again. Click over and read my post Observing the Church Year in the Home, Part I. Read some of the other great posts on the blog too while you’re there!

 

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