first Sunday of Advent (2023)
contemplating collects
STIR up, we beseech Thee, Thy power, O Lord, and come; that by Thy protection we may be rescued from the threatening perils of our sins, and saved by Thy mighty deliverance; Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
-- Common Service Book of the Lutheran . . .
a padre looks at fifty
The title for this post is not quite a Jimmy Buffett song or book title, but it's pretty darn close to both! Only time will tell if it's close enough to rile up the copyright police into sending me a take down notice, ha ha ha. But seriously, before you file that copyright complaint, I am turning fifty soon, so it fits.
If . . .
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True Faith Community Church...one year later
What a difference a year makes
(Note: this went out as a church-wide email, but I wanted to post it here also to those who aren't part of our seedling congregation but might be interested in God's work in Santa Fe)
In case you missed it, this past Sunday was the one-year anniversary of True Faith Community Church! As mentioned before, I think . . .
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