Aristotle was still 600 years away from hypothesizing that the earth was round, and Galileo 2,200 years away from discovering that the earth revolved around the sun.
“And through the starting gate they go” will be a phrase we will hear often in just a few days. The 2026 Winter Olympic Games will soon be underway in the mountains of northern Italy.
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Pastor Nate Walther
“As Strong as an Ox.” It’s a saying…
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The elusive musky was out there. While growing up, my family had summer vacations at a lake in northern Wisconsin just outside of Eagle River.
https://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cross-on-bible.jpg11551732Amanda Petersenhttps://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eastside_lutheran_logo-300x117.jpgAmanda Petersen2025-10-01 11:53:102025-10-10 11:56:33Let’s Go Fishing with Jesus!
Over the past few months there has been a lot of attention on Vatican City with the election of a new pope. Inside of Vatican City rests St. Peter’s Basilica, the largest church on earth.
https://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cross-on-bible.jpg11551732Amanda Petersenhttps://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eastside_lutheran_logo-300x117.jpgAmanda Petersen2025-07-01 10:36:122025-07-03 10:39:14A Dove from Above
I don’t know if it still is there, but as I waited in line to ride the Wild Eagle Roller Coaster at Dollywood in Tennessee, there in giant mural form was this passage from the book of Isaiah.
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“Judah is a lion’s cub ....the scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until the one to whom it belongs comes.
https://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cross-on-bible.jpg11551732Amanda Petersenhttps://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eastside_lutheran_logo-300x117.jpgAmanda Petersen2025-03-01 08:27:212025-03-05 08:35:13Not All Lions in the Bible are Bad!