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Reflections by Michael J. Scholtes, Author / Pastor / Speaker
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Previously on… During my first semester of college, I went through a deep depression. I was in a great deal of emotional pain and guilt, blaming myself and hating myself so much, that it seemed like the only way out was suicide. I was scared to keep on living. But…
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Finding Other Voices
So here’s what happened. We’ll start last Thursday. Last Thursday evening, I led a Bible Study, the first in a six-session series on the book…
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Taking Up the Cross
This is an adapted version of the sermon I preached this morning. The gospel text was Mark 8:27-38. In today’s gospel reading, Jesus tells the…
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Bible Study or just Arrogance?
So tonight we had our first session of the Bible Study I’m leading on the book of Revelation. And I feel horrible afterward. Why do…
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Everything’s a Shibboleth
One of the things I do in my role as pastor is send out a (roughly) daily email to about 150 members and friends of…
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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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