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  <div class="message"><p>I came across a definition to the word "INSPIRE" that I haven't been able to stop by thinking about. As we talked in a ministry team meeting about encouraging people I felt that the word "encourage" was a little flat and not capturing what our group was really wanting for people and that I saw the alternate definition for inspire which is to "BREATHE IN" and thought, That's IT! We don't want to just make you feel a little better about your situation, but we are hoping to breathe life into the places where…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/mike-s-blog-posts/blog/5998143/breathe-in">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>My youngest son is 12, just about to turn 13. I can remember this season of Christmas presents when I was his age. You know the one where the kid is growing so fast you can't keep them in shoes, shirts or pants because they outgrow them every 3 months. Their entertainment is shifting from affordable toys to the start of more expensive entertainment endeavors. They are impossible to buy for on a budget. NOW... as a kid (perhaps us adults too) the Christmas moment that we're all hoping for is that moment when…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/mike-s-blog-posts/blog/5998142/just-what-i-always-needed">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>Last month, I shared that one of the reasons we invite people to church, one of the core ideas for why we encourage people to be present in public worship is because of the intentionality within worship of "Communion" with God. The sacrifice of Jesus Christ was to give us life to the full and the only way that happens is when we are in a Common Union with God through Jesus. Worship is a place where we act on our need for a Savior through confession and absolution as well as Holy Communion. That the deepest…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/mike-s-blog-posts/blog/5998141/what-s-the-point-of-church-part-2">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>Why do you go to church? Seriously, I assume you're reading this, but I'd like to know why you go to church... or why you don't go. What did you hope would happen there? How did you hope you would leave the worship service? All of us are on a journey when it comes to faith and that is the same for Christian faith as well. I really would like to hear from you on this, it's not just a question to the air, it's a question I ask a lot of people, and I'd really appreciate hearing from our readers too.</p><p>-----------…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/mike-s-blog-posts/blog/5998140/what-s-the-point-of-church-part-1">Read more</a></span></div>
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 &nbsp;"If we claim to be without sin,&nbsp;we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.&nbsp;&nbsp;If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins&nbsp;and purify us from all unrighteousness." - 1 John 1:8-9 
 
  
"Until We Have Faces" is one of my favorite albums from a group of Christian musicians that call themselves "Red".&nbsp;They shared that the album was based loosely on some reading from the C.S. Lewis book "Till We Have Faces", the last novel he published in 1956, a retelling of the myth of Cupid… <span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/mike-s-blog-posts/blog/5998139/the-mask-and-the-maker">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"> "I will sing of the Lord's Great Love forever, with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations" - Psalm 89:1-2 
 
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<br>I'm really excited to celebrate a story I want to share with you, one that is a joy to me, a fulfillment of the mission of my ministry. If you've been walking with me for a while, you know that the underwriting theme is growing in faith and sharing the stories of God's faithfulness through ALL generations. We are healthiest as human beings when we are interconnected to… <span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/mike-s-blog-posts/blog/5998138/through-all-generations">Read more</a></span></div>
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<strong>"For by the grace given me&nbsp;I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you." Romans 12</strong><br> 
<br>Tiger Woods was in the news again, more back problems and a new DUI. &nbsp;President Trump just can't seem to find where he put his humility... if he ever had any to begin with. &nbsp;The tabloids continue to point out all the flaws of the idol people we worship in our culture, and… <span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/mike-s-blog-posts/blog/5998137/never-arrive">Read more</a></span></div>
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<strong>"Dad Pastor your families!" &nbsp;</strong>That was the message at the Simply Youth Conference in 2011 that I heard loudest and most clearly. &nbsp;I had gone with the hope of understanding college and high school ministry better and while it was a great learning session, the most impactful words of that 3 day conference was when the speaker paused for a moment, looked up and into the faces of the dad's who had come to Chicago and said "Dad, Pastor your family". &nbsp;I sat back in my seat having just been leveled by that… <span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/mike-s-blog-posts/blog/5998136/dad-pastor-your-family">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p><strong><br><br>"The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again.&nbsp;No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.&nbsp;I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.” - John 10:17-18</strong><br><br>"The best sharing of the Gospel comes from people who are at rest" &nbsp;MW</p>
 
<p><br><br>Last week, I had a chance to lead chapel at Wisconsin Lutheran College, and I was assigned the above text as the final point for their celebration of "Good Shepherd" week.…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/mike-s-blog-posts/blog/5998135/jesus-willingness-my-rest">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p><strong>"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." - 1 Corinthians 13:13</strong></p> <p><br></p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>As I sat listening to the bible reading for a wedding I played for recently, I was reminded of the passage above and the thought struck me.&nbsp; “How much different would it be if 1 Corinthians 13:13 ended with, “the greatest of these is pity”?&nbsp; Lately, I’ve been wrestling with a deep seeded thought that has been with me for as long as I can remember.&nbsp; Somehow in my time as a child the phrases about my…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/mike-s-blog-posts/blog/5998134/love-and-pity-you-are-loved">Read more</a></span></div>
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