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Faith, Family, Life: March 2013
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Thursday, March 21, 2013. Pastors, thank you. The cross is for you as well. I'm just a layperson. I'm an elementary music teacher. I'm not a pastor. Take this as you will. It's your fault the church isn't growing." "It's your fault that there's dissension." "It's your fault the youth aren't coming anymore." "It's your fault that people are leaving." "It's your fault that things are in financial upheaval." "It's all. Your fault, pastor, because it's not the way I think it should be.". And these men all ha...
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Faith, Family, Life: "O Lord, open my lips" -- The Daily Office: Part the Second
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013. O Lord, open my lips" - The Daily Office: Part the Second. John T. Pless, "Lutheran Worship: History and Practice (c) 1993. So into the church I walk, my copy of the LSB ( Lutheran Service Book. In hand. Pastor Warner. Leads me up to the front of the sanctuary with his copy of the LSB and the TDP ( Treasury of Daily Prayer. And takes me through Matins, step by step, answering my questions as we went along. O the richness I encountered! So what is the Daily Office? If you're a b...