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Reflections by Michael J. Scholtes, Author / Pastor / Speaker
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It’s the middle of autumn. November. A wintry wind has been whirling around my world the last week or so. This wind knocked the power out twice within a week, which was less than pleasant for me. A power outage is a very reliable trigger for me, one that ramps…
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Sentences on Which I Would Like to Declare a Moratorium
“We sure could use it.” Every single time someone says, “Looks like rain this week,” the response is always “We sure could use it.” And it’s…
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The Administration of Grace
This is an adapted version of the sermon I preached this morning. The lectionary gospel was Luke 16:1-13. The “Spiritual Gift of the Week” was…
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My Center of Gravity
One of the stranger habits I have is this: figuring out my “geographic center of gravity,” in other words, the very center of where I…
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A Conversation with “The Voice”
I was scrounging around in my computer’s archives today, and I found this. It’s a document I typed up at a coffee house, one afternoon about ten…
● 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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