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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

I pray you have had a blessed week.

So have you started receiving all those Christmas cards, yet? I love getting cards and notes from friends and family this time of year. These cards are great reminders for me that it is a special time of year. It is that time of year when we really try to bring joy into the world as we Christians remind…

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

I pray you have had a blessed week.

For the next two Sundays, we will read two different versions of how John the Baptist, in the wilderness, proclaimed his baptism of repentance. This week, we will read Mark’s version (Mark 1:1-8) and next week we will read John’s version (John 1:6-8, 19-28). As we will hear, the key word in John’s preaching…

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

I pray you had a blessed and thanks-filled Thanksgiving.

For many, Thanksgiving has become nothing more than a holiday to eat a lot of food and a day to gather with friends and family to watch football, but for me, I have discovered that it is so much more. It is truly a time to remember all the blessings I have in my life and to remember that…

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

I pray you have had a blessed week.

Can you believe how fast this year is going? Next week is Thanksgiving! This Sunday is Christ the King Sunday, which, in the Church calendar, is the last Sunday of the church year. This year has certainly flown by.

You know, though, as I have been preparing for worship this Sunday, I have been wondering…

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

I pray you have had a blessed couple of weeks.

Well, the trip Jill and I have been planning for over a year finally happened. As you may have noticed, you have not received a note from me over the past couple of weeks because, on November 1, Jill and I flew to Israel where we spent nine days traveling the country making a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.…

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

I pray you have had a blessed week.

Well, as I write this letter, Jill and I are just a couple of days away from getting on an airplane to fly to Israel. Yes, this is a trip we have dreamed about for years and we are finally going to visit the land that we have studied so much about and the land where so much of our faith is centered.

All…

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

I pray you have had a blessed week.

This past Tuesday morning, I attended a breakfast meeting in Kansas City, Kansas. This meeting was actually an annual fundraiser event for a ministry called Mosaic. Mosaic is a ministry that seeks to help the intellectually challenged. When I was a kid, we called these people “retarded.” In school, these…

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

I pray you have had a blessed week.

As you may or may not know, Salem is in the beginning stages of launching our
stewardship campaign to raise money for our annual operations budget and to fund an additional staff person for three years plus renovate our sanctuary. It is called, One Campaign – Two Appeals.

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

I pray you have had a blessed week.

Have you ever gone somewhere and as you arrived realized you were underdressed? You know, you wore jeans and a sweater and everyone else is wearing dress clothes. It can be embarrassing, but in today’s world, most people don’t get too upset about dress codes and most often are very understanding and…

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

I pray you have had a blessed week.

We all have excuses for not being active in our faith, don’t we? I hear them a lot, “Oh, Pastor, sorry we weren’t there on Sunday, but the boys had a football game.” Most of the excuses can be summarized in a statement that literally means “Pastor, we won’t be able to help at that service…

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