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The Necessary New Thing

As I write this, it’s Tuesday evening, after the 2023 Southeastern Iowa Synod Assembly has drawn to an end....
Rev. Beth Wartick
May 17, 2023
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Every Flower of Springtime

Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime. -Martin...
Rev. Beth Wartick
May 10, 2023
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Day by Day

Day by day, as [the believers] spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food...
Rev. Beth Wartick
April 26, 2023
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Clay Jars

For it is the God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of...
Rev. Beth Wartick
April 19, 2023
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Bread and Belonging

As the two disciples came near the village to which they were going, Jesus walked ahead as if he were going on. But...
Rev. Beth Wartick
April 12, 2023
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Bible Translations

Have you ever noticed that some translations of the Bible are, well, really different from others? Sometimes people...
Rev. Beth Wartick
March 8, 2023
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Ash Wednesday

Today, Ash Wednesday, is all about Lent, including questions like: What is Lent? Why do some people give things up...
Rev. Beth Wartick
February 22, 2023
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Here I Raise My Ebenezer

Here I raise my Ebenezer: “Hither by thy help I’ve come”;and I hope, by thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at...
Rev. Beth Wartick
February 15, 2023
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Then You Will Tell Them

Joshua called for the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one man per tribe. Joshua said to them,...
Rev. Beth Wartick
February 8, 2023
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Over and Over

Tomorrow is a very important day. It’s the Presentation of Our Lord! You thought I was going to say Groundhog Day,...
Rev. Beth Wartick
February 1, 2023

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