serving the ELCA and the ELCIC

Joined June 2014
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Fat Tuesday invites joy, color, and connection — gifts we don’t leave behind when Lent begins. May celebration and reflection walk hand in hand. 💜 #FatTuesday #MardiGras #FaithInEverydayLife #DeaconessCommunity #JoyAndGrace #FaithInAction #CommunityCare #SacredSeasons
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. Two minutes of silence can be holy. #DeaconessCommunity #QuietYourSpirit #HolySilence #ContemplativePractice #ListeningForGod #Stillness
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God of breath and rest, slow us down. Let our bodies remember they are held. Amen. #DeaconessCommunity #BodyPrayer #SacredRest #BreathPrayer #FaithAndWellbeing #ContemplativeLife
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During Black History Month, we give thanks for Sister Emma Francis and her faithful witness. Her life reminds us that diakonia has always required courage, perseverance, and hope. #BlackHistoryMonth #SisterEmmaFrancis #DeaconessHistory #FaithfulWitness
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Diakonia begins with attention. To God’s movement. To our neighbors. To love waiting to be lived. #DeaconessCommunity #Diakonia #Vocation #ListeningForGod #FaithInPractice
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Midweek check-in: What’s shaping you today—fear or love? #HolyPause #ContemplativePractice #DeaconessCommunity
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Jesus calls us where we are— and invites us to become more than we imagined. #Matthew4 #FollowMe #CalledToFollow #FaithInAction #Discipleship #LeaveTheNets #CalledByChrist
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Courage isn’t always dramatic. Sometimes it’s quiet faithfulness when the world feels unsteady. Prayer: God of justice, steady our hearts. Amen. #QuietCourage #FaithfulLiving #JusticeAndLove
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Some days we don’t rush to hope. We tell the truth about the pain we see and trust that God can hold it with us. Prayer: God of mercy, stay with us in our sorrow. Amen. #PrayerPause #Lament #GodWithUs
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God’s call doesn’t wait until we’re ready. It interrupts. It names us before we know who we are. “Here is the Lamb of God.” And everything changes. #CalledByName #FaithThatInterrupts
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May you rest deeply, hope honestly, and trust that God is still at work. Peace for the journey ahead. #WeeklyBlessing #GraceForToday #DeaconessCommunity
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When the world pulls us apart, the Gospel calls us back to love. Teach us to speak truth without losing one another. #BelovedCommunity #Peacemakers #FaithOverFear #DeaconessCommunity
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Justice isn’t only proclaimed— it’s practiced in ordinary, faithful ways. May our lives speak what we believe. #FaithAndJustice #ServeGodsWorld #DeaconessCommunity
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Not every moment needs answers. Some moments need presence. May we stay with one another—faithfully and gently. #StayPresent #FaithInAction #RadicalWelcome #DeaconessCommunity
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“For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has…” (2 Cor. 8:12) Your willingness matters more than your wealth. Your heart is the true gift. #RootedInTheWord #FaithfulGiving #DeaconessCommunity
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“To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.” —Karl Barth #FaithInAction #DeaconessCommunity
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So many lives lost to senseless shootings. God, hold the grieving. Heal our communities. Move us to act for peace and justice. #FaithInAction #DeaconessCommunity
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When David laments corruption and unbelief in Psalm 14, he ends with hope: “Oh, that salvation would come out of Zion!” (v.7). We too cling to God’s promise: renewal will come. Joy will rise. Liberation will be shared. #Hope #FaithInAction #RootedInLove
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To remember is not only to look back—it is to live differently today. On this September 11, may we be strengthened to resist hate, to practice courageous leadership, and to love one another as Christ has loved us. #NeverForget #RootedInLove #CourageousLeadership
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In God’s kin-dom, those who give up what the world clings to will find abundant community now and life everlasting. (Luke 18:29–30) This is the promise we carry as a people rooted in the living Word. What treasure in heaven are you seeking today? #RootedInLove #FaithInAction
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