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Reflections by Michael J. Scholtes, Author / Pastor / Speaker
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● Featured Article
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For about two or three hours last Friday evening, I was in constant, desperate prayer. I was overwhelmed with anxiety, to the point of tears. My repeated prayer was this: “Please God, please, don’t make me bishop.” I’ll tell you how I got there, and how God answered that prayer.…
● Latest Articles
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Fifty-Four
A regular deck of cards, as we saw a few days ago, has fifty-two cards. However, most such decks also come with two extra cards:…
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The Third Way (Sermon)
This is an adapted form of the sermon I preached this morning, the Seventh Sunday after Epiphany. The gospel reading was Luke 6:27-38. We live…
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Fifty-Three
Companies and organizations operate on a fiscal year, which need not coincide with the change of a calendar year. By defining a fiscal year as…
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Fifty-Two
There are 52 cards in a regular deck of playing cards. There are a lot of various permutations those cards can take, which is why playing…
● About Me
I’m Michael, the author of this blog. I search for meaning through walking labyrinths, through exploring my Christian faith and my experience of depression, through preaching, and through writing about it for you.
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