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in a praiseworthy way. Look at this. From Church of The Redeemer update. March 27, 2008 From the Rector's Desk Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
The Lord is Risen indeed. Alleluia!
After a long lent and a steep climb during Holy Week, it was joy, celebration and not a little relief to be able to proclaim that truth on Easter Sunday morning. One of our young people told me during coffee hour, “We sure did say that a lot today.” I agreed. Thanks be to God.
One of the great joys that I have as pastor is to hear the many rich perspectives on our life together that come through community. God has blessed our church with many gifts and resources—people called to be salt and light, through Church of the Redeemer, into so many places here and around the world. I would actually like to turn my reflections this week over to one of those people who has recently connected with Redeemer. If you haven’t yet met Michelle and Bill Van Loon I hope you will find them during coffee hour in the near future and start to get to know them. Bill works in the corporate world, as well as serving with the Mundelein Police Department as a Chaplain. Michelle spends time in words, as well as other things, encouraging, challenging and provoking. She has written a book on the parables and maintains a blog, theparablelife. On Monday she posted an entry to her blog site that offered perspectives on Easter worship, as she knew it once, and as she is coming to know it now.Believe it or not, this is my pastor talking about...well...mostly my wildly successful wife. He also included a blog entry from her blog. But I got honorable mention. Note to stingy pastors: This is how it's done, baby. |
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