The Cactus & The Cross Blog

Pro-Peace means Pro-People (and taking criticism)

Advent and Christmas are natural times to talk about peace. Jesus is, after all, the Prince of Peace (Isa 9:6)! At his birth, the angels...

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What Does It Mean Exactly to Proclaim, Celebrate, & Serve?

Picture this friends, You are in Frys wearing your yellow “God’s Work, Our Hands” t-shirt and you see a fellow shopper reading your...

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Come, Prince of Peace!

It’s mid-October as I am imagining myself forward in the future to November and what may be on your hearts and minds in November with All...

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Why Church?

Fewer and fewer people in the U.S. are participating in Churches. What can we do? More on that in a minute. The 16th century Reformation...

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Who Let the Dog In?

While attending this summer’s ELCA Rostered Ministers Gathering here in Phoenix, I was met by a group of hounds hanging out at the ELCA...

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Growing Leaders

Leaders aren’t born, they’re grown. Yes, there are some people who seem to have native leadership skills, but I think it only looks that...

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God's Work. Our Hands. Every Day.

You may have seen St. John's members wearing bright yellow shirts around campus that say "God's work. Our Hands." at worship, at the West...

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God's Work. Our Hands. Every Day.

You may have seen St. John's members wearing bright yellow shirts around campus that say "God's work. Our Hands." at worship, at the West...

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Managing Grief

I returned from a wonderful family reunion in Pinetop to face that two long-time members of St. John’s had died: Donna Romanowski and...

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Jesus Camp on the Mountaintop

"Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was...

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