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What Is Your Image of God?

Posted in Community, Theology, tagged , , , , on April 30, 2012 | 1 Comment »

I was asked a seemingly simple question last week: “What is your image of God?” Did I say “simple”? Could there be a more complex question? In the midst of my sermon on April 29 (stream or download here), I asked the congregation present to make two lists: one of the names and images of [...]

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How to Lose Young People on Purpose

Posted in Theology, tagged , , , , , , on February 22, 2012 | 1 Comment »

I saw a link posted this morning by Pastor Matt Sipe of Delano UMC to a editorial commentary at UMPortal.org entitled, ” Take heed UM churches, and youth will stay away “ by Ben Boruff, an Indiana U senior and UMC Connectional Table member who served on the Call to Action Steering Committee. In this [...]

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Bridging the Disconnect Between Science and the Church

Posted in Theology, tagged , , , on February 18, 2012 | 2 Comments »

National Public Radio dedicates the Friday program of Talk of the Nation as “Science Friday,” a series of segments focusing on major happenings in the world of science. While traveling home from my (for fun, not credit) beginner Spanish course at Luther seminary, I caught a segment called “Should Sugar be Relegated Like Alcohol?” featuring a [...]

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Sermon Podcasts Are Now Available!

Posted in Announcements, Theology, tagged , , , on February 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

In the last month, I’ve heard feedback that there are people who really want to catch some of the sermons they’re missing at Excelsior UMC to be made available on our website. Good timing, because that’s exactly what I’ve been working on the last week or so. If you visit the podcast portion of excelsiorumc.org [...]

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“Faith Deserts” Follow-Up

Posted in Community, Theology, tagged , , , , on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The following is Nate’s article from this month’s issue of The Shorelines newsletter: During my sermon “Faith Deserts” on July 31, we explored how Jesus had just learned of the murder of his cousin, John the Baptist, and had stolen away to seclusion only to have the crowds follow him (Mt. 14:13-21). Rather than send [...]

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On calling someone an “Illegal”

Posted in Theology, tagged , , , , , on June 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »

The Minnesota Annual Conference voted to postpone a piece of legislation before them asking the people called Methodists to please stop referring to persons who are not in the US by legal means simply as “Illegals.” There was debate on the floor from both sides of the issue and after a break in proceedings, the [...]

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God and Science in Co-Existence

Posted in Theology, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

One of my favorite bloggers, entrepreneur, and thinker is Guy Kawasaki. Guy works with a handful of tech ventures, including Truemors and Alltop. He is best known as the man who helped revolutionize how the Apple Macintosh computer was marketed in the 1980s (if you or someone you know is an Apple fanboy, it’s likely because [...]

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