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		<title>&#8220;The Word,&#8221; a Martin Luther Quote</title>
		<link>http://vdma.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/the-word-a-martin-luther-quote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his Second Sermon upon his return to Wittenberg, in response to the radical &#8220;reforms&#8221; of Karlstadt, Martin Luther said:
Once, when Paul came to Athens (Acts 17 [:16–32]), a mighty city, he found in the temple many ancient altars, and he went from one to the other and looked at them all, but he did [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdma.wordpress.com&blog=3662576&post=8127&subd=vdma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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To Thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise
In hymns of adoration,
To Thee bring sacrifice of praise
With shouts of exultation.
Bright robes of gold the fields adorn,
The hills with joy are ringing,
The valleys stand so thick with corn
That even they are singing.
And now, on this our festal day,
Thy bounteous hand confessing,
Upon Thine altar, Lord, we lay
The first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdma.wordpress.com&blog=3662576&post=8136&subd=vdma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Note from Pastor Christenson</title>
		<link>http://vdma.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/a-note-from-pastor-christenson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following note appeared in St. Peter&#8217;s November 2009 newsletter:
Dear Members of St. Peter,
On October 4th, I received a call to serve as pastor at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in La Crescent, MN.  The fact that I had received a call only after being here seven months is not normal protocol in our synod.  Because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdma.wordpress.com&blog=3662576&post=8036&subd=vdma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pilgrim Hope Obamicons</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
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These are a couple of self portraits.  Apparently, everyone has been making these obamicons.  They are fun.
I learned about this from another Lutheran blogger, and you can get your own obamicon here.
I entitle these posters &#8220;Pilgrim feet&#8221; and &#8220;Hope in Christ for the future.&#8221;

In this world, we are pilgrims journeying to a heavenly land.  In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdma.wordpress.com&blog=3662576&post=7868&subd=vdma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Endless Praise</title>
		<link>http://vdma.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/endless-praise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some scoff at the idea of heaven, thinking that all we will do there is sing and play the harp, and nothing else.  But God will give us a role, and create us for that role.  (Ephesians 2:10).
In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdma.wordpress.com&blog=3662576&post=8012&subd=vdma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering the Victims of Communism</title>
		<link>http://vdma.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/remembering-the-victims-of-communism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
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On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell.  We should never forget why it was built and why it fell.  Remembering where we came from will tell us who we are.
The above video is an interview with author and historian Lee Edwards about the creation of the Victims of Communism Memorial dedicated to those who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdma.wordpress.com&blog=3662576&post=7957&subd=vdma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who Builds the Church?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not we who build.  [Christ] builds the church.  No man builds the church but Christ alone.  Whoever is minded to build the church is surely well on the way to destroying it; for he will build a temple to idols without wishing or knowing it.  We must confess—he builds.  We must proclaim—he builds.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdma.wordpress.com&blog=3662576&post=7888&subd=vdma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Voices of All Saints</title>
		<link>http://vdma.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/holy-voices-of-all-saints/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Happy All Saints Day!
The saints on earth and those above
But one communion make;
Joined to their Lord in bonds of love,
All of His grace partake.
— The Lutheran Hymnal, &#8220;The Saints on Earth and Those Above,&#8221; 478:1.
Hark! the sound of holy voices
Chanting at the crystal sea,
Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia, Lord, to Thee.
Multitudes which none can number
Like the stars in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdma.wordpress.com&blog=3662576&post=7939&subd=vdma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hallowe&#8217;en Moon</title>
		<link>http://vdma.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/halloween-moon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[

	
	
	
	


Those waves in the video are from billows of rising air heated by the sun.  We see this effect above fires, and a similar effect causes the stars to twinkle.  The moon&#8217;s movement from left to right in the picture is caused by the earth&#8217;s rotation.
When Jesus was on earth, he looked at the same [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdma.wordpress.com&blog=3662576&post=7726&subd=vdma&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Photographic Interlude</title>
		<link>http://vdma.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/photographic-interlude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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May God bless you.
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