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1 week ago | 
inforum.com | Devlyn Brooks
My friends, we are soon entering my favorite season of the liturgical calendar: Pentecost!Oh, I know that probably doesn’t sound very Lutheran of me. After all, as a Protestant denomination, we are pretty Christ-centered. And deservedly so. But I’ve always loved the Holy Spirit. It’s the one expression of our celebrated triune God that I understand on a very intimate basis. God? … Too infinite and vast for me to wrap my head around. Jesus?
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2 weeks ago | 
stcloudlive.com | Devlyn Brooks
What is your superpower? No seriously! … While I’m not talking X-ray vision or flying, what I mean is: What superpower did our creator endow you with? You have them, regardless if you’ve never intentionally thought about it. … I promise!I was at a board retreat this week when we were asked about our superpowers. We were required to come up with an answer, with the prompt that we could borrow skills or traits that others have complimented us on. A difficult task, right?
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3 weeks ago | 
inforum.com | Devlyn Brooks
This weekend, I will confirm a young lady whom I’ve known for more than half her life. It’ll be a bittersweet Sunday. The year she joined our confirmation group was the year I ditched traditional confirmation classes. Oh, once upon a time, I was a confirmation curriculum guy, making sure I notched all the important lessons about Martin Luther, grace, Justification by Faith Alone, what the cross actually symbolizes, the Israelites, the creeds, etc.
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3 weeks ago | 
hometownsource.com | Devlyn Brooks
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4 weeks ago | 
wctrib.com | Devlyn Brooks
But then there is also joy, isn’t there? This earthly life has a tendency to weigh on us, doesn't it? After all, the constant media barrage we consume is generally vastly negative. Demonstrations of competing ideological positions. Name-calling. Mistrust. It can eat us up if we let it. And then on the personal side, we suffer heartbreaks and we watch loved ones experience the same.
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4 weeks ago | 
inforum.com | Devlyn Brooks
But then there is also joy, isn’t there? This earthly life has a tendency to weigh on us, doesn't it? After all, the constant media barrage we consume is generally vastly negative. Demonstrations of competing ideological positions. Name-calling. Mistrust. It can eat us up if we let it. And then on the personal side, we suffer heartbreaks and we watch loved ones experience the same.
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1 month ago | 
headlightherald.com | Devlyn Brooks
Finding Faith“There but for the grace of God go I.”That’s the message that ricocheted through my conscience as I stared up at the revolving red and blue lights in the rearview mirror of my pickup. My heavens, the damage I could have done. You know the story. Maybe you’ve done so yourself. My schedule can run a tad to the hectic side most days. And I often find myself running from one appointment to the next. Too much to do in too little time, and all that. I know you feel it too.
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1 month ago | 
inforum.com | Devlyn Brooks
“There but for the grace of God go I.”That’s the message that ricocheted through my conscience as I stared up at the revolving red and blue lights in the rearview mirror of my pickup. My heavens, the damage I could have done. You know the story. Maybe you’ve done so yourself. My schedule can run a tad to the hectic side most days. And I often find myself running from one appointment to the next. Too much to do in too little time, and all that. I know you feel it, too.
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1 month ago | 
headlightherald.com | Devlyn Brooks
Finding FaithOur brother Dustan passed quickly and unexpectedly the day after Palm Sunday this past week, giving new meaning to Good Friday for our family. It seems cosmically cruel as we haven’t even had the time to grieve from losing our brother Drew in December, and three other family members in rapid order the preceding three years. A brother-in-law, Dave; a third brother, Dan; and our mother, Lois, the matriarch of our large family.
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1 month ago | 
dl-online.com | Devlyn Brooks
Our brother Dustan passed quickly and unexpectedly the day after Palm Sunday this past week, giving new meaning to Good Friday for our family. It seems cosmically cruel, as we haven’t even had the time to grieve from losing our brother Drew in December and three other family members in rapid order over the preceding three years. A brother-in-law, Dave; a third brother, Dan; and our mother, Lois, the matriarch of our large family. Unbelievably, five significant deaths in just over five years.
