Category: Family
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Turning to One Another (A Sermon on
A sermon given at Colonial Church on March 21, 2021. You can listen to the sermon below or you can watch the Alternative or Traditional service on YouTube. You can also watch the Kids’ Sermon HERE. When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the son of man has been glorified and God has been glorified in him. If God…
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Kids’ Sermon: Songs of Love
Join in to hear a bit about God’s love! Kids- what is your favorite Christmas Song? “Joy to the World” “Jingle Bells” “Hark the Herald, Angels Sing” Tune in and find out Pastor Sara’s favorite Christmas Song… Merry Christmas, everyone!
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On Bodies (A Sermon on I Corinthians 12:12-31)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on January 26, 2020. 12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we…
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Love Story: Abby & Isaac’s Garden + T-Swift Wedding Meditation
*Note: My cousin Abby LOVES Taylor Swift. A few months ago, there was a viral tweet which invited people to list their top ten Taylor Swift songs. Since Abby isn’t on Twitter, I texted her to ask her top ten T-Swift songs and she responded with the following (of course, she didn’t exactly follow the…
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Jordan Matthew Tommerdahl: Reflections on Jordan, Mental Health, & God’s Love
Jordan Matthew Tommerdahl: 12/9/1992 – 11/27/2019 You can read Jordan’s obituary here. You can donate to the Jordan Matthew Tommerdahl Scholarship Fund here. Romans 8:31-39 The Message (MSG, with my paraphrase ) So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line…
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A Litany for Father’s Day
To you who have nurtured us, who have lived so that we might flourish and find life. To you who have cared for our becoming, who have given of yourself to make our futures possible. To you, our fathers, who co-labored us into being. To you, our fathers, who adopted us as your own. To…
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A Story of G: The Candle Burning
Note: This was written at a conference I went to called Sage-ing. It’s about aging with wisdom, and incorporating intentional spirituality into this journey. I went out of the generous invitation of a member at Colonial Church as we prayerfully consider what it would look like to start an “Act III” ministry. During the conference I went to…
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A Litany for Mother’s Day
To you who have nurtured us, who have struggled so that we might live and flourish in the world. To you who have cared for our bodies and souls, who have given of yourself to make our future possible. To you, our mothers who birthed us. To you, our mothers who adopted us as your…
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In Memory of “G”: Joey Elaine Stahlberg 1934-2017
Joey Stahlberg (Klopp) of Minneapolis December 8, 1934- April 17, 2017- Eternally 51 Memorial Service: June 1, 2017 at First Covenant Minneapolis in the Sanctuary at 5:30pm More info about the service is available online Joey is celebrated by her friends and family and is survived by: her brother Kent Klopp, his spouse, Kathy, and their…
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Mother(s)
I wrote this poem on Saturday as a part of the #slamstigma slam poetry close for the conference “Mental Health and the Faith Community’s Response“. The event was publicized as follows: 1 in 5 Americans live with a mental health condition. Many times they are stigmatized, feared and shunned. Others suffer silently, afraid to share their stories…
Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 