As Peter looked back on his life now at the end, it had been tough. Growing up with his brother Andrew on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, those were good memories.
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Have you ever looked around in the lost and found, and happened to find something that belongs to you?
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These days I’m not so much missing the cold winters we used to experience when living out in the Dakotas, but if there’s one thing I do miss it’s the night skies.
Are there any EMPTY RITUALS in your life? Perhaps it’s those cheesy team-building exercises at work that you have to put up with. Maybe it’s an outdated family tradition where nobody knows why you do what you do, it’s just what you’ve always done!
Another year is in the books. In just a few short hours, 2025 will be in the rear-view mirror. How are you feeling about the past year?
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 Petersen2025-12-31 18:00:002025-12-31 08:20:25“The Gift of Perspective” (Isaiah 61:10-62:3)
Have you ever met someone famous? Maybe it was a president, or an all-pro athlete, or a famous singer.
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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.
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 Petersen2025-12-14 09:22:252025-12-17 09:27:11The Power of Imminence
Did you long for a particular Christmas gift as a child? Was there that one thing you desperately wished to open under the tree?
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 Petersen2025-12-01 12:04:342025-12-03 12:10:42A Substitute Ram as the LORD Provides
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.