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Faith Reflections
Join us on our journey of faith as we explore, discuss and reflect on shared insights from our community. Scripture and reflections written by young women in ministry that relate to the main article are offered here.
Faith reflections: Love expectations
by Rachel Bass Guennewig I feel a small sense of dread when I think about Valentine’s Day. I seem to sabotage myself with dreams of sweetness and romance that do not often correspond with my husband’s plans for the day. It has taken me a while to peel off...
Faith reflections: Advent
by Emily Carson Growing up, I desperately wanted to be a news anchor or an infomercial host. I regularly convinced my little brother to play “news” with me. We’d get out the giant VHS video-camera and hours of fun would ensue. I didn’t end up becoming a news anchor,...
Faith reflections: Being thankful
by Joy McDonald Coltvet Kindness is like a garden of blessings and almsgiving endures forever. (Sirach 40:17) Somewhere along the way, I learned that when you invite guests to your home, you must clean until everything sparkles and serve more food than the guests...
Faith Reflections: Thanksgiving
by Laura Johnson “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18) The holiday of Thanksgiving falls always on Thursday. If it were really about being...
Faith Reflections: The work of God in human failure
by Collette Broady Preiss They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. When they had come opposite Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not...
Faith Reflections: Welcome
by Megan Rohrer My grandmother grew up during the Great Depression. Living on a farm in Oregon with no car and 12 miles to the nearest Lutheran church, my great-grandparents could not afford to take my grandmother to church to get baptized. More than 70...
Faith Reflections: Creation
by Mary Button Psalm 104 is a hymn to an all-loving, all-knowing Creator. It begins with the words, “Bless the Lord, O my soul” and is filled with beautiful images of a God who stretches out the heavens like a tent and makes the wind a messenger and fire and...
Faith Reflections – Gratitude
For Lutherans, gratitude is not just a noun. It is both something we have and something we do. It is the way we live into relationship with God. Gratitude is what Martin Luther called “the basic Christian attitude.”
Faith Reflections: Motherhood
by Rachel Bass-Guennewig The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus.” …Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?” The angel...
Faith Reflections – Happiness
by Sarah Rohde The day of my spiritual awakening was the day that I saw—and knew I saw—all things in God and God in all things. —Mechtild of Magdeburg We live in a world that sends us all sorts of messages about what it means to be happy. It usually involves adding...