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Life is Precious.
I received an email note last night from someone calling themselves “the millennial queen,” whatever that means. All I know is that the queen is a freshman in college in Milwaukee. At least that is what she wrote. Her note contained the following hypothetical: “Pastor, imagine for a moment you’re in a fertility clinic and […]
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The Sermon is Not Getting Written This Morning.
My sermon is not getting written this morning. It’s not that I don’t have a sermon theme or a structure of what I want to preach about this weekend. We are in the middle of a sermon series entitled, “The Reformation Life.” Weeks ago I finalized themes and prospective outlines. It shouldn’t be that difficult […]
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No Rainbow Colors in Real Bagels.
And before writing this weekend’s sermon, I think I must mention the short story about ‘what makes a New York bagel’ on today’s New York Times website. I agree wholeheartedly with Niki Russ Federman, co-owner of Russ & Daughters (their bagels are classic and amazing) on what is NOT supposed to be in a New […]
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The Slotted Spoon
This morning at around 11, I left Englewood Hospital after visiting someone. As I walked back to my car parked in front of Brookside Cemetery on Engle Street, as I walked just beyond the ambulance bays for the emergency room, a man came up to me. He was wearing a Batman tee-shirt and smoking a […]
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Christian Standard Bible, Apple Watch Activity Rings, and Anthrax: Morning Coffee
As I was peddling away on the stationary bike this morning, my mind was racing, thoughts cascading into one another pushing my brain to act like I needed medication to calm the firing synapses down.
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Pastor Anthony Iovine 