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A Statement from Ministers of the Muscatine Ministerial Association on the Occasion of New Beginnings and Transitions
In the wake of the events of January 6, the ongoing pandemic, and the inauguration, the Muscatine Ministerial Association share this community pastoral message....
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No Exaggeration
Two fishermen were swapping fish stories. As fishermen often do, the stories got bigger and better.
One fisherman said to the other, “Last summer in...
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Why Me? Why Not?
One of the questions I receive most frequently as a chaplain is this: “Why me?” Usually it comes during a conversation about some tragedy...
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Star Light, Star Bright
I’ve heard two reactions to how people rang in the year 2021: 1) with excitement or 2) with apprehension.
As with any new year, there...
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Good-bye 2020
It’s been a year, hasn’t it? Good-bye 2020! Don’t let the door hit you on the way out! Anyone else feel this way about the...
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Thanking our Health-Care Workers
As 2020 comes to a close, we find ourselves in the heart of a complicated holiday season. If you’re like me, you are ready...
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Embracing Life’s Interruptions
Priest and author Henri Nouwen once shared this rumination from a friend, “My whole life I have complained that my work was constantly interrupted,...
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Are You Connected or Disconnected?
Just this past Nov. 20, I had surgery. Before this, I hadn’t spent a day in the hospital, so this was a totally different...
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Isolated But Not Alone
It has always struck me as ironic that the beginning of the church year comes before the end of the calendar year. Especially this...
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Gratitude . . . in 2020?
Gratitude is always something that comes up around Thanksgiving time. But in 2020? You’ve got to be nuts!
But here’s the thing; I’m not nuts....
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Muscatine Schools COVID-19 Update Feb. 28
Discover Muscatine will provide daily updates on COVID-19 new case counts and total case counts for Muscatine Community School...
