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Finding Faith ... in the kickoff of the church year - Rally Sunday
By Pastor Devlyn Brooks Our girls, like many other students around the region, are now back in school. Our son is already away at college...
Jun 23, 20232 min read
Finding Faith ... in Jesus' message so contrary from the earthly kingdom
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Oct. 23, 2021, I was ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and...
Jun 8, 20236 min read
Finding Faith ... in the fact that 'we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses'
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Oct. 23, 2021, I was ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and...
Jun 5, 20236 min read
Finding Faith ... in the trust that it all will be OK
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Oct. 23, 2021, I was ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and...
Jun 1, 20236 min read
Finding Faith ... in a sabbath-friendly summer worship schedule
By Pastor Devlyn Brooks As we met as a church council in the late spring months, I thanked them for agreeing to the Wednesday night...
May 27, 20233 min read
Finding Faith ... in committing ourselves to an ongoing lifestyle in God
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Oct. 23, 2021, I was ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and...
May 25, 20236 min read
Finding Faith ... in being able to recognize the presence of God
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Oct. 23, 2021, I was ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and...
May 23, 20235 min read
Finding Faith ... in the going and the doing
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Oct. 23, 2021, I was ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and...
Jul 18, 20226 min read
Finding Faith ... in the freedom of following Jesus
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Oct. 23, 2021, I was ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and...
Jul 15, 20227 min read
Finding Faith ... in the Holy Trinity giving us access to God's grace
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Oct. 23, 2021, I was ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and...
Jun 16, 20226 min read
Finding Faith ... in God's freely given gift of the Spirit
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Oct. 23, 2021, I was ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and...
Jun 13, 20227 min read
Finding Faith ... in a lesson for 'Grumpopatumas' Dad
By Pastor Devlyn When was the last time you remember genuinely laughing out of pure joy? I’m not talking about the superficial chuckles...
Jun 7, 20223 min read
Finding Faith ... in the assurance we are never abandoned thanks to the Spirit
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Oct. 23, 2021, I was ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and...
Jun 5, 20227 min read
Finding Faith ... in the unity of the Lord's Prayer
EDITOR'S NOTE: In October 2021 I began a new venture writing a newspaper column titled "Finding Faith" for the Forum Communications Co....
Jun 1, 20223 min read
Finding Faith ... in never knowing when we might be called to be a shepherd
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Oct. 23, 2021, I was ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and...
May 31, 20228 min read
Finding Faith ... in the turn toward summer worship
By Pastor Devlyn Wow! … The May newsletter? Can anyone believe that we’re already putting together the May newsletter? … And ironically,...
May 30, 20223 min read
Finding Faith ... in the fact that a lot can happen in three days
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Oct. 23, 2021, I was ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and...
May 25, 20226 min read
Finding Faith ... in the overabundance of the Kingdom of Heaven
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Oct. 23, 2021, I was ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and...
May 17, 20226 min read
Finding Faith ... in building a faith community
By Pastor Devlyn Brooks In the past few weeks, we’ve seen a good turnout for our Ash Wednesday and subsequent Wednesday Lenten meals and...
Apr 4, 20224 min read
Finding Faith ... in asking why we're prone to criticism
Last week, in an effort to change up our confirmation class a bit, and give the kids a break from listening to their pastor drone on...
Mar 23, 20224 min read
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