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Finding Faith ... in a king for the ages this world isn't equipped to understand
EDITOR'S NOTE: In October 2021 I began a new venture writing a newspaper column titled "Finding Faith" for the Forum Communications Co....
Mar 22, 20243 min read
Finding Faith ... in a thrift store owner's perseverance to follow God
Julie Leikvoll of Chapel Thrift Store in Little Falls, Minn., drops it all when she heard the call to serve By The Rev. Devlyn Brooks...
Mar 18, 20247 min read
Finding Faith ... in learning from those who lead Holy Spirit-infused lives
EDITOR'S NOTE: In October 2021 I began a new venture writing a newspaper column titled "Finding Faith" for the Forum Communications Co....
Mar 17, 20243 min read
Finding Faith ... in knowing that we simply know little about the universe
Sometimes it's astonishing how little we know about God's vast creation, but yet how filled with hubris we've become with our human...
Mar 12, 20243 min read
Finding Faith ... in what I thought was going to be a baseball movie
This weekend I got tricked into watching a movie that I thought was a baseball movie, but actually was more of a faith movie with a side...
Mar 11, 20245 min read
Finding Faith ... in a boy's wonder about his upcoming First Communion
EDITOR'S NOTE: In October 2021 I began a new venture writing a newspaper column titled "Finding Faith" for the Forum Communications Co....
Mar 8, 20243 min read
Finding Faith ... in the most curious circumstances where to see the Spirit
If you look carefully, you can see the Holy Spirit show up in the most curious of circumstances! If you're not a science-fiction movie...
Mar 6, 20244 min read
Finding Faith ... in love, rather than the letter of the law
Last weekend North Carolina State swimmer Owen Lloyd was stripped of his conference title and a race victory for doing what any...
Mar 5, 20245 min read
Finding Faith ... in knowing that God has left the temple to live in the body
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...
Mar 3, 20248 min read
Finding Faith ... in our Lenten march toward Holy Week
By Pastor Devlyn Brooks Dear Faith Family … March is shaping up to be quite a busy month, including an important congressional meeting,...
Mar 1, 20243 min read
Finding Faith ... in the wonderfully different feel of our Lenten services
EDITOR'S NOTE: In October 2021 I began a new venture writing a newspaper column titled "Finding Faith" for the Forum Communications Co....
Mar 1, 20243 min read
Finding Faith ... in a reminder that God indeed did make four seasons
This will likely be an unpopular opinion with many, including a certain someone who cohabitates with me at the same residential address,...
Feb 28, 20244 min read
Finding Faith ... in the one who made me a father for the very first time
Dear Garrett, Twenty-six years ago today, you made me a father for the first time. ... Ready or not! There you were! ... All bluish with...
Feb 26, 20243 min read
Finding Faith ... in a pair of nesting bald eagles in Big Bear Valley, Calif.
Over the past three weeks I've found myself oddly, but pleasantly, obsessed with the health and welfare of a pair of nesting bald eagles...
Feb 25, 20246 min read
Finding Faith ... in deciding rather to be a 'disciple' versus only a 'Christian'
EDITOR'S NOTE: In October 2021 I began a new venture writing a newspaper column titled "Finding Faith" for the Forum Communications Co....
Feb 23, 20243 min read
Finding Faith ... in establishing a better practice of expressing my gratitude
Take your pick: There is overwhelming evidence in the scriptures and in science that tell us about the vital benefits of consciously...
Feb 20, 20246 min read
Finding Faith ... in a roadside pause to 'Be still and know that I am God'
Howie, the newest of our lovable four-legged critters, and I were up early, and on the road for an early start to the day. It was vet day...
Feb 19, 20244 min read
Finding Faith ... in embracing God's call to love on our neighbor
EDITOR'S NOTE: In October 2021 I began a new venture writing a newspaper column titled "Finding Faith" for the Forum Communications Co....
Feb 16, 20243 min read
Finding Faith ... in the courage to use our mortality to be God's hands & feet
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...
Feb 15, 20246 min read
Finding Faith ... in God drawing straight with crooked lines
I now work for a software company. Yup, you heard that right. After 30 years in the newspaper industry, the firm I founded six years ago...
Feb 13, 20245 min read
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