Do you know the tale of the Sword of Damocles? It’s a Greek parable about a man named Damocles, who served under powerful king Dionysius.
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Did you long for a particular Christmas gift as a child? Was there that one thing you desperately wished to open under the tree?
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How do you like it when they get away with it? Maybe it’s an “open and shut” court case where everyone knows who did it, but there’s a technicality and a key piece of evidence is rendered inadmissible,
https://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cross-on-bible-green.jpg11551732Amanda Petersenhttps://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eastside_lutheran_logo-300x117.jpgAmanda Petersen2025-11-16 09:51:242025-11-17 10:06:47“Justice for All”
What does success look like? For the young entrepreneur, it might be creating a product that goes viral in popularity and finding instant global success and establishing their business as a household name and into a legacy.
Last month we celebrated the 100th anniversary of this congregation. This month we are celebrating another anniversary, an even lengthier one at that: the Dodransbicentennial of our Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod – i.e. the 175th Anniversary of our Lutheran Church body here in America.
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Travel with me into a church called the Notre Dame in Paris, France, back to December 2, 1804. Inside that majestic cathedral we’d find Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Josephine draped in white satin as the soon-to-be-crowned emperor and empress of the French.
Which financial gurus do you trust? Maybe you have a particular financial podcast or personal financial guy you always listen to.
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When you think of a good gift, what comes to mind? Maybe there’s that person in your life who is a gift-giving maestro – they always have the right thing picked out, and you just can’t wait to open their gifts!
https://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cross-on-bible-green.jpg11551732Amanda Petersenhttps://www.eastsidelutheran.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/eastside_lutheran_logo-300x117.jpgAmanda Petersen2025-09-07 13:22:482025-09-05 13:28:02“The Gift of Empty Hands”
If you happen to be a lover of movies, you may be familiar with something called the ‘Spielberg face.” It’s a look one of his characters gives at a pivotal moment as the camera may slowly zoom-in to their startled expression.
Maybe you’re wondering, “Did I hear that right? Isn’t it supposed to be ‘UNITED’ we stand!?’” That’s what people usually say, and even the Bible would seem to agree with it.
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Three summers ago we began to receive the first images from the James Webb telescope. It is unique because it's in orbit and therefore free from earth’s atmospheric interferences.