What does heaven look like? by Rowen

Submitted by Rob on August 4, 2009 - 11:10am.

I request that you lend me an ear because I have a question for you: What does heaven look like? As a young girl I thought about this many times with two primary images coming to mind. One was a castle with long, pink and blue passageways lined with doors and on every door was someone’s name. These were our private rooms in heaven. The second was the Shire with all my pets roaming around in the fields. But there is something wrong with these images. I wonder if you can see it? Because I couldn’t. (Read more . . . )

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Godspeed to the Spirit Garage Communion Bread Baker and Courier

Submitted by Rob on June 9, 2009 - 1:34pm.

About 6 months ago Lauren asked if she could make the communion bread for Spirit Garage. It is a ministry her mother did for her church and she would like to carry on the tradition here at Spirit Garage. What a great tradition it has been; including the Good Friday Worship, where Lauren's husband Nick couriered the communion bread by bike moments before serving communion.

Recently I received the following email. . .
Hi, Rob.  This Sunday I will bring enough communion bread for two weeks.  Unfortunately, this will be the last time I can bring communion bread.  We're moving out of our apartment on May 31 and will be splitting our time between Rochester and St. Paul through the summer, then in Rochester full time starting in September. I wanted to give you the recipe in case anyone in the future wants it . . .

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My Easter, by Chad Maglich

Submitted by Rob on April 16, 2009 - 1:25pm.

It’s through Jesus’ sacrifice
That I am saved
Preached love for our fellow man
He walked the land
With his apostles
He kept spreading the Word
And paid the ultimate price
He gave up his life
So we could live
(link for full poem)

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Another Historic Flood, by Wendi Wheeler

Submitted by Rob on March 27, 2009 - 10:07am.

In 1997 I lived in Fargo and watched the "flood of the century" invade Grand Forks (and many other cities) from the safety of my second-floor apartment by the NDSU campus. Homes in the south part of Fargo-Moorhead were threatened, but what we experienced was nothing like what happened farther north.

I couldn't help with the sandbagging effort in '97 -- it's a deeply personal story that I still can't share -- and I am not able to leave Minneapolis now either. But I send prayers and warm, dry thoughts to the people in the Red River Valley, and I'll send money to the Red Cross because I know they will use it.

The other night I saw Nan Froelich on the news talking about the students who were helping sandbag outside their house. She's the wife of Andy Froelich, my piano and music theory prof from NDSU. I know some high school and college friends are fighting and getting ready to leave as well. And Mark, my coworker, is helping at his parents' house.

Remembering the words of Isaiah, I ask everybody to pray for them, and please donate to the Fargo Red Cross if you can. For God cares for people through other people - God's Work in Our Hands!

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Lent for Unchurched Trail Runners, by Steve Quick

Submitted by Rob on February 25, 2009 - 10:26am.

People are always surprised to find out that I'm a regular churchgoer (well, as regular as I get). First, I'm a scientist. Second, I'm politically liberal. Third, I'm irreverent about just about everything. That's not the description most people give churchgoers: liberal scientific jokesters. [Furthermore], Everyone is surprised that my favorite season is Lent. Maybe it's my contrarian nature. Most people don't understand the season and think of it as a dark, gloomy period when people give up something as if it were a New Year's resolution. I'm going to try to explain the season and how it actually applies to trail running. Read More. . .

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Target Practice

Submitted by Kevin Erickson on January 30, 2009 - 1:15am.

     "But where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, just as sin exercised dominion in death, so grace might also exercise dominion through justification leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 5.20-21).

     "Learning," that’s the stage of discipline that Rob will be discussing during the message this week. Have you ever thought about sin as an example of learning? It’s a lot easier to do when you think of it as “missing the mark” (the literal Greek meaning of the word “sin”). Doesn’t seem nearly so bad, now does it? Which of us goes through life without missing the mark occasionally…or rather, often? Let’s face it, we all regularly miss the mark.

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