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The Cactus & The Cross Blog


What Does It Mean Exactly to Proclaim, Celebrate, & Serve?
Picture this friends, You are in Frys wearing your yellow “God’s Work, Our Hands” t-shirt and you see a fellow shopper reading your...


Come, Prince of Peace!
It’s mid-October as I am imagining myself forward in the future to November and what may be on your hearts and minds in November with All...


Why Church?
Fewer and fewer people in the U.S. are participating in Churches. What can we do? More on that in a minute. The 16th century Reformation...


Who Let the Dog In?
While attending this summer’s ELCA Rostered Ministers Gathering here in Phoenix, I was met by a group of hounds hanging out at the ELCA...


Growing Leaders
Leaders aren’t born, they’re grown. Yes, there are some people who seem to have native leadership skills, but I think it only looks that...


God's Work. Our Hands. Every Day.
You may have seen St. John's members wearing bright yellow shirts around campus that say "God's work. Our Hands." at worship, at the West...


God's Work. Our Hands. Every Day.
You may have seen St. John's members wearing bright yellow shirts around campus that say "God's work. Our Hands." at worship, at the West...


Managing Grief
I returned from a wonderful family reunion in Pinetop to face that two long-time members of St. John’s had died: Donna Romanowski and...


Jesus Camp on the Mountaintop
"Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was...


Show Me
I think every Christian leader (pastor, teachers, council member, committees, and so on), maybe every leader, should be open to hearing...
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