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April-May 2017 Newsletter

April-May 2017 Newsletter

On the first Easter Sunday morning, two women were in for the surprise of their lives. Instead of finding a closed tomb, they found an open grave, and an angel greeting them. For them and for every follower of the Lord Jesus, life would never be the same. The resurrection of Jesus from the dead changed the course of history.

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  April 24, 2017   No comments
June-July 2016 Newsletter

June-July 2016 Newsletter

Summer is the season we Americans celebrate our freedom. The season begins with our remembering, on Memorial Day, those who died in many wars in order to win and preserve our nation’s freedom. We join family and friends for picnics and shoot off fireworks on Independence Day to celebrate “liberty and justice for all.” It is truly a blessing to live in a nation that offers most of us so much freedom.

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  June 3, 2016   No comments
May 2016 Newsletter

May 2016 Newsletter

It doesn’t matter how many times I’ve seen the Wizard of Oz. Dorothy’s “There’s no place like home” line always makes me cry. The recent delightful production at Sioux Falls Christian was no exception. Dorothy’s heart’s desire is to return to her beloved Kansas and her cherished family and friends.

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  April 28, 2016   No comments
April 2016 Newsletter

April 2016 Newsletter

Spirit of Joy had just finished celebrating the Resurrection of Our Lord for the third time on Sunday. It was a joyous morning, filled with Good News and great music in a flower-adorned sanctuary. The ringing declarations by worshipers that, “Christ has risen! He has risen indeed! Alleluia!” still echoed after the last worshiper went home.

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  April 1, 2016   No comments
Windswept – March 2016

Windswept – March 2016

We love to hear a story in which the “underdog” somehow manages to make it out on top–it is both heart-warming and exciting! I wonder if Jesus’ very first followers could have anticipated how his story would unfold? Jesus had told them that he would suffer—they didn’t want to believe it. Jesus told them he would die—they definitely didn’t want to believe that. When Jesus did die on the cross, things surely looked grim. What would become of them?

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  March 3, 2016   No comments
Windswept – January 2016

Windswept – January 2016

Happy New Year! This seems to be the time of year when many of us think about what was and what may come, and we resolve-sometimes successfully and sometimes not so much-to try to “better ourselves”, quite often in the area of living a healthier lifestyle.

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  January 4, 2016   No comments
Windswept – December 2015

Windswept – December 2015

What are you waiting for? When have you longed for the dawn? Waiting – for all kinds of things – is part of our human condition, isn’t it? We wait for longed for events, for births, spring-time, reunions, and promotions. We also wait for test results, an illness to pass, for a loved one’s forgiveness, for conflict resolution, for the gentle death of an aged love one. When will the dawn come?

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  December 3, 2015   1 comment