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Comment on “Facing Our Temptations” by Sara

Sara — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:32:47 +0000

Dear Pastor Russell:

I red very attentive to your deep words. I agree with them.

They make me think in how many opportunities we are tempted, and how easily we can fall if we are not connected with we learned in Bible, if we are not connected with Godś love.

He gave us the knowledge of discrimination between good an evil, only folowwing our hearts, we can live in the truth.

May the Lord bless you and Nebraska Synod as you bless others through your ministry

Your sincerely

Sara Demes
Mission and Sustentable Development
Diacon Service from
Evangelical Lutheran Church United
in Argentina and Uruguay

Comment on Looking Forward, Looking Back by Les Jessen

Les Jessen — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:52:20 +0000

Jim, As you and I have talk before, I for one agree that the church needs to make changes to keep this generation and future generations interested in what our for fathers have done. I think you have laid out very important ground work towards educating mission centers and lay people in doing some of these changes. I don’t travel around the state as much as you, but I see change happening when I go to differant churches for synod council. I know the hours that you put in on new mission starts were many plus the new building at Scottbluff. You will be missed, and the next person that comes in will have some big shoes to fill, but God will find that right person. May God’s blessings be with you and your wife for many more years to come. Merry Christmas.

Les Jessen

Comment on “Thankful for the Church!” by Sylvia Karlsson

Sylvia Karlsson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:55:49 +0000

Thanks for this interweaving of the 23rd Psalm with these meditative words on the church. It helps bring alive these words, especially as we prepare for a Thanksgiving service.

Comment on “An Experience of God” by Joan Ackland

Joan Ackland — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:56:14 +0000

My comment is on the Global event held at Southwood. I didn’t fill out a sheet, but just wanted to tell you what a wonderful event it was. The music team was INCREDIBLE and the speakers were good also. I am the Mission Interpreter for our church, so felt I came away with lots of material. Thank You!

Comment on Giving with Faith by Rev. Annette Minderman

Rev. Annette Minderman — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:24:35 +0000

Thank you Mitch!

There has been some discussion as to not sending mission share, now I have some additional help in repeating the message of helping our ministries and being in partnership with others.

Comment on Giving with Faith by Rev Judy Nuss

Rev Judy Nuss — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:13:28 +0000

Thanks Mitch,

It will help me “say it again” when people tell me the only way to object to the ElCA decision about ordination is by cutting the funds.

Comment on Bishop deFreese’s Response to the Passage of Recommendations to Allow Individuals in Same-Gender, Monogamous, Publicly Accountable Relationships to Serve as Pastors in the Church by Martin Malley

Martin Malley — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:02:59 +0000

Thank you, Bishop and the other respondents for a thoughtful dialogue.
The strongest message of scripture is the command to love one another. When we seek to “exclude” - that is not love. This dialogue in the ELCA is evidence that the Holy Spirit continues to guide us in the direction of Oneness with all of our brothers and sisters.
When we can learn to accept the other members of “our” Christian church in nonjudgemental love (leaving judgement to the ONE who can truly exercise it) - we take a small step, walking as Jesus asked us to walk.

Comment on Living in the Partnership by David P Hufford

David P Hufford — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:49:32 +0000

Maybe for the first time in my life I could see the awesome power of God’s grace working through the Holy Spirit–starting from basically nothing except the people themselves–and fulfilling a need. The Lakota Mission is tangible evidence of how God works to produce splendid results–all we have to do is believe and follow through with the action. The compass and reach of this mission was wonderful to behold as it began in a rather dingy building and became a living thing. How wonderful to be part of this. God gets the glory for this one.

Comment on Giving with Faith by Rev. Darwin Garton

Rev. Darwin Garton — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:24:01 +0000

Thank you Mitch, The first year I served on church council a few years back I went in with the idea I was going to “fix” the budget process. I thank God that I was not able to do so! What better way to live in faith than to give of the first fruits of God’s bounty we receive.

Comment on Message from Bishop Hanson by Barry Frerichs

Barry Frerichs — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:09:55 +0000

Just wondering when we are going to change the wording next? “Publicly accountable, lifelong, monogamous same gender relationships”? I am sure that this issue was never even considered by the church 50 years ago. So we have evolved to be more in touch with our current world? Will we evolve even more in the next 50 years and delete the “lifelong” or “monogamous”, or even the “same gender” parts, allowing whatever our secular world deems acceptable? It troubles me that we take cues from our secular world and seem to follow it, rather than taking a leadership role and lead the world FROM the Bible. I realize that most people have their own interpretation of scripture, but there is a difference between interpretation and re-writing text.