Varmints. Raccoons and squirrels. They have developed a taste for my tomatoes that I want and need to turn into spaghetti sauce, ketchup, salsa, soup, and chili; and of course for BLTs and hamburgers and sandwiches and Caprese salad.

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This past February, I attended a church conference called Best Practices. It’s a gathering of Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod church workers sharing ideas, practices, and ministries with the hope that something learned may spark an innovation in their current ministry or practice.

In family life, say nothing of congregational life, when we see someone doing something that is not right, we often swing hard to one extreme to the other. We either come down hard and condemn the sinner or we say nothing at all.

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I am thankful for the gift of medicine and technology our God has given us. I am praying the cancer cells don’t come back or reactivate. Join me in rejoicing in praise to God and join me in thankfulness even when one is still going through the pay up.

The amazing truth that confronts each of us today is that the Holy Spirit is just as active today and, in our lives, as he was on the day of Pentecost.

This coming Sunday is the last Sunday of Easter until the completion of the 50 day Easter celebration that ends with Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit.