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Editor @LutherSeminary, @WorkingPreacher

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@Lin_Manuel Birchbark Books, Louise Erdrich (Minneapolis, MN)

[Mayor Muriel Bowser @MayorBowser]

May all observing #Kwanzaa receive its joy and blessings!

Each of the 7 days is dedicated to 1 of these principles:

Umoja: Unity
Kujichagulia: Self-Determination
Ujima: Collective Work & Responsibility
Ujamaa: Cooperative Economics
Nia: Purpose
Kuumba: Creativity
Imani: Faith

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@MalcolmFrench @LutherSeminary @WorkingPreacher @karoline_lewis @MatthewLSkinner Hi @MalcolmFrench the app is back up and running after hitting a glitch earlier this week. Now all content (including podcasts) is flowing again. Thanks for your patience!

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#listenup

[Christine Russell @MlleRussell]

We are in a critical moment. These are the moments in which how we act is going to affect our nation for the next 50 years. We are going to regret it if we don't act.
-Dr. Kendi

Thank you for your time and wisdom @DrIbram!

#AntiracistPGC

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This is true.

[Bishop Eaton @ELCABishopEaton]

Until a white majority feels so deeply in our soul that the pain of black and brown people is our own pain, it will continue to be dangerous to be black or brown in America. #BlackLivesMatter #icantbreathe

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@MatthewLSkinner We are using them for Zoom Bible study in our congregation. Last week was a great start!

[Boyd Huppert @BoydHuppert]

On this Palm Sunday, 12-year-old Abenet Coltvet plays Amazing Grace in the courtyard of his grandparents’ retirement community. Residents gathered on their balconies to hear him play. Abenet’s father calls bagpipes “the original social distancing instrument.” KARE tonite at 10p.

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We don't build the kingdom; we are just witnesses to the places where God's kingdom breaks in. - @joyjmoore at #craftofpreaching

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When we live the abundance of God, everybody sees it. - @joyjmoore preaching on Jeremiah 29 at #craftofpreaching

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The more you know, the more you see (in a biblical text). @MatthewLSkinner on how he became a biblical scholar. #craftofpreaching

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Or "unburdened" -- "happy" in English just doesn't do it.

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What if #blessed actually meant "satisfied"? -@MatthewLSkinner on Matthew 5. #craftofpreaching

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The kingdom of God starts at the bottom -- or at least what we've been taught to think of as the bottom. - @MatthewLSkinner on Matt 5 #craftofpreaching

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Jesus was not a Messiah who brings us good manners. - Matt Skinner on Matthew 5 #craftofpreaching

[Rick Steves @RickSteves]

Our tour company takes 30,000 people to Europe every year.

We think we should pay for the impact all those flights have on our environment — and until our government requires us to do so, we’re doing so voluntarily: https://t.co/KbNijPRaNT

[Luther Seminary @LutherSeminary]

Give Day is here! Your support helps Luther Seminary educate leaders today for the Christian communities of tomorrow. As soon as 380 generous donors like you make a gift, a $25,000 Board Match is unlocked.

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#giveitback #LutherSemGive

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What would be in your congregation's letter from the future? "We have not always been this way. Let me tell you how this community turned the corner..." - @terrielton #FISummit2019

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Workshop on "Space Matters: Why you should not host meetings in your church building" with Michael Binder. #FISummit2019

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Be willing to do what MLK Jr. did: You have to be willing to *not know*. If we are going to have a breakthrough, we have to not know. - Don Samuels @LutherSeminary #FISummit2019