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Sunday School program at  Cross of Glory Lutheran Church Mounds View, Minnesota December 21, 2011 ...

St. Lucia pageant at Cross of Glory Lutheran Church Mounds View, Minnesota December 14, 2011 ...

What does this question mean today? Read one discussion  here .

Mystical moments are experiences of enlargement and connectedness or union. Suddenly you’re bigger. You don’t feel a need to condemn,...

All religions in their own way talk about “dying before you die”!  They are all indeed saying that something has to die. We all know t...

Those who trust in their riches will wither, but the righteous will flourish like green leaves. Proverbs 11:28

How to survive & grow spiritually.

It seems to me that it is a minority that gets the true and full gospel. We just keep worshiping Jesus and arguing over the right way to d...

The resignation of Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple has drawn a lot of publicity. Some of his quotes are very relevant to those of us interested i...

Secular freedom is  having  to do what you  want  to do.  Religious freedom is w anting  to do what you  have  to do. Fr. Richard Rohr

In the very near future I hope to return to Blue Cloud Abbey for a personal retreat. One of the reasons for my retreat is to reestablish si...

Cross of Glory Lutheran Church Mounds View,  MN 763-784-2528

Remember that you are nothing, and remember that you are everything — bought as precious by Christ. And if you’re everything, so are others;...

Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop. ~ Usman B. Asif Thanks @LightStalking

The following is the excellent message given by Richard Chartres, the Bishop of London, at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton....

For I do not seek to understand in order to believe, but I believe in order to understand. For I believe this: unless I believe, I will not ...

This is how Benjamin Franklin did it .

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.   Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, ...

Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody. ~   Bob Dylan

And is our purpose not the same on this earth,  To love and follow His direction? ~ Bob Dylan

What better way to experience Christmas than at a Sunday School Christmas program? These are children from Cross of Glory Lutheran Church i...