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		<title>Sermon: Sunday, May 19, 2013: Day of Pentecost</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Christensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texts: Acts 2:1-21  +  Psalm 104:24-34,35b  +  Romans 8:14-17  +  John 14:8-17,25-27 A little over a week ago, Kerry and I were in Nashville, Tennessee to see my eldest god-daughter, Katie Russell, graduate from seminary at Vanderbilt Divinity School.  You can imagine that for a preacher and pastor like myself, there’s a special pride in [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=byproclamation.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26660407&#038;post=965&#038;subd=byproclamation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sermon: Sunday, May 5, 2013: Sixth Sunday in Easter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 15:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Christensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texts: Acts 16:9-15  +  Psalm 67  +  Revelation 21:10,22 &#8212; 22:5  +  John 14:23-29 Apostles act, and it’s generally not in the temple, but out in the world. You know I’m not one of those preachers who begins every sermon with a joke, but I’ve got one for you this morning that some of you [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=byproclamation.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26660407&#038;post=961&#038;subd=byproclamation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sermon: Sunday, April 28, 2013: Fifth Sunday ofEaster</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Christensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texts:  Acts 11:1-18  +  Psalm 148  +  Revelation 21:1-6  +  John 13:31-35 Apostles dream, and then they act. This passage from Acts stirred up some lively debate among the pastors with whom I gather each Tuesday morning to study the scriptures in preparation for preaching.  There was some concern that the story is too bizarre, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=byproclamation.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26660407&#038;post=951&#038;subd=byproclamation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sermon: Sunday, April 21, 2013: Fourth Sunday of Easter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Christensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texts:   Acts 9:36-43  +  Psalm 23  +  Revelation 7:9-17  +  John 10:22-30 Apostles act. That’s what the stories keep showing us, over and over, throughout the season of Easter.  Apostles, filled with the power of the Holy Spirit poured out at Pentecost, acting in the powerful name of Jesus, are saying and doing what [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=byproclamation.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26660407&#038;post=948&#038;subd=byproclamation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sermon: Monday, April 15, 2013: Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries/Proclaim 2013 Retreat; Closing Eucharist</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Christensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texts: Ezekiel 1:1-25  +  Psalm 121  +  Acts 9:19b-31 When I was young, I was an altar boy.  The congregation in which I grew up — St. John’s Lutheran Church in Des Moines, Iowa — is a large downtown congregation, with one of those impressive church buildings erected a century ago in a different era, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=byproclamation.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26660407&#038;post=944&#038;subd=byproclamation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sermon: Sunday, April 7, 2013: Second Sunday of Easter</title>
		<link>http://byproclamation.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/sermon-sunday-april-7-2013-second-sunday-of-easter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Christensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texts:  Acts 5:27-32  +  Psalm 150  +  Revelation 1:4-8  +  John 20:19-31 The preacher has some choices to make during the season of Easter, a season of 50 days, seven Sundays and then the festival of Pentecost.  You’ll have noticed that our readings are a little different than usual.  Instead of the first reading coming [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=byproclamation.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26660407&#038;post=941&#038;subd=byproclamation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sermon: Sunday, March 31, 2013: Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Christensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texts:  Acts 10:34-43  +  Psalm 118:1-2,14-24  +  1 Corinthians 15:19-26  +  Luke 24:1-12 In the name of Jesus, our life, and life abundant. Earlier this past week I found myself downtown for a rally and a planned civil disobedience action in response to the city’s decision to close over fifty of the district’s schools.  I [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=byproclamation.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26660407&#038;post=928&#038;subd=byproclamation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sermon: Sunday, March 17, 2013: Fifth Sunday of Lent</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Christensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texts:  Isaiah 43:16-21  +  Psalm 126  +  Philippians 3:4b-14  +  John 12:1-8 File it under “weirdest dinner party ever.” The story begins, “six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.  There they gave a dinner for him.”  We’ve all had friends over for [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=byproclamation.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26660407&#038;post=922&#038;subd=byproclamation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sermon: Sunday, March 10, 2013: Fourth Sunday of Lent</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Christensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texts:  Josh 5:9-12  +  Ps. 32  +  2 Cor 5:16-21  +  Luke 15:1-3,11b-32 I remember reading or hearing at some point that when you’re analyzing a dream it can be helpful to keep in mind that each of the characters in the dream may represent some element of yourself.  So, for example, in one of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=byproclamation.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26660407&#038;post=919&#038;subd=byproclamation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sermon: Sunday, March 3, 2013: Third Sunday of Lent</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Christensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texts:  Isaiah 55:1-9  +  Psalm 63:1-8  +  1 Corinthians 10:1-13  +  Luke 13:1-9 So I have three god-children whom I adore.  My eldest goddaughter, Katie, is finishing up her final year of seminary at Vanderbilt in Nashville this spring and was recently approved for ordination by the Disciples of Christ.  My middle godson, Gabriel, just [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=byproclamation.wordpress.com&#038;blog=26660407&#038;post=904&#038;subd=byproclamation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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