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Memorization for the sake of memorization might be challenging, but prayers that are memorized and integrated into our faith can provide touchpoints and grounding in our faith in moments of crisis, failed words, and fading memory. Pastor Katie reflects on the gift of having the Lord's Prayer memorized and readily accessible for her and for those for whom she cares.

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If everything we need for worship is in the bulletin, why do we still have the hymnals in the pews? Do people even know what hymnals are anymore? Kids' curiosity apparently can answer both of those questions! Hymnals invite us to explore and to see what there is to see in the words of our faith traditions, and kids are looking with the curiosity that they bring to much of life.

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Reels might not be where you first think to go for scriptural inspiration, but a reel shared by a confirmation student invites Pastor Katie to reflect on the imaginative conversation we can have with scripture as we engage with God's Word, God's work, and God's will in our daily lives.

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It has been a year since our last episode. God's grace has been abundant, but telling the stories fell by the wayside. Pastor Katie is eager to get back to sharing stories of Glimpses of God's Grace, beginning with reflecting on how caring for our neighbors in a snow storm is part of our call to love our neighbors, loving them because God first loved us.

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How do you decorate your home? How do your decorations speak to who you are? Pastor Katie reflects on how the stained glass in the church speaks to who we are as God's beloved children and what God is doing in and through us.

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In a leadership meeting, we talked about how we have cake after worship a lot... but it's not about the cake. It's about what happens through the cake. It's about God's grace showing up in a community striving to be a CAKE congregation.

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A little quarter tossed into the prayer basket has become a source of inspiration and a reminder to rely on God's good gift of hope - the hope that is strong and tough, the hope that empowers us to be who God has created us to be, even in the face of the struggles of life.

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How a little girl twirling in the aisle reminds us of the joy we have in God's abundant grace and forgiveness.

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