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The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? —Psalm 27

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“The Eucharist was not performed, and AI was forbidden from offering absolution or blessings.” premierchristian.news/en/news/arti...

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“I just want to take a page and a moment from this book that I hold dear and remind us of the words of the prophet Micah, who wrote in chapter six, verse eight: ‘What does the Lord require of you, Human, but to do justice, to love kindness and to walk humbly?’” www.kmuw.org/the-range/20...

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“In these overlapping holy days of Purim, Lent, and Ramadan, we…are particularly devastated and concerned for the welfare of the thousands of refugees who were approved and ready for travel, only to have their plane tickets taken away…” www.elca.org/news-and-eve...

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Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, you save humans and animals alike, O LORD. How precious is your steadfast love, O God! All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings. —Psalm 36

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If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going. —Harriet Tubman

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Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life's light to be determined by the darkness around me. —Sojourner Truth

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I said to the Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to you, and I know you will see me through. —Harriet Tubman

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I feel safe in the midst of my enemies, for the truth is all powerful and will prevail. —Sojourner Truth

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Today we remember Harriet Tubman (1822-1913) who was an American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman rescued appx 70 enslaved people using the Underground Railroad. In later years, Tubman was an activist in the movement for women's suffrage.

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Today we remember Sojourner Truth (1797-1883) who was an American abolitionist & activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance. She was born into slavery in New York but escaped in 1826. She fought on behalf of women and African Americans until her death.

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“We reject attempts to dismantle this country’s life-saving refugee resettlement program, to withhold protection to asylum seekers fleeing violence & persecution, to deny immigrants & refugees in our communities access to basic support, & to send families back into danger.” lamaz.org/news-blog/el...

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The Lord will guide you continually & satisfy your needs in parched places & make your bones strong, & you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water whose waters never fail. You shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to live in. —Isaiah 58

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If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday. —Isaiah 58

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On this day we remember and give thanks for the witness of Perpetua and Felicity, Christian martyrs of the 3rd century. “If they take our house, goods, fame, child or spouse, wrench our life away, they cannot win the day. The kingdom’s ours forever!” (ELW 503)

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“For the vast majority of the Greenlandic Society, being a member of the Lutheran Folk-Church is the normal,” he said, even if it is normal to only go to church a few times a year, for baptisms, weddings, funerals, or on Christmas and Easter. apnews.com/article/gree...

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Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house? Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer and he will say, “Here I am.” —Is 58

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For us he prayed For us he taught For us his daily works he wrought By words and signs and actions thus still seeking not himself, but us. —Thomas á Kempis (ELW 322)

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“…people don’t grasp the magnitude of the task being accomplished by USAID. Much of its work requires a massive system across continents, countries, governments and supply chains that the church is not remotely able to match.” religionnews.com/2025/02/25/j...

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Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. —Psalm 51

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It is the vocation of the prophet to keep alive the ministry of imagination, to keep on conjuring and proposing alternative futures to the single one the king wants to urge as the only thinkable one. —Walter Brueggemann

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Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns or figs from thistles? —Matthew 7

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O Lord, how long shall the wicked exult? They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast. The Lord will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage; for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it. —Psalm 94

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And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to your span of life?…do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today. —Matthew 6

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Take the Black Lutheran History Month Quiz www.livinglutheran.org/black-histor...

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We need to hear the Gospel every day because we forget it every day. —Martin Luther

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Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. —Philippians 4

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Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. —Philippians 4

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…brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. —Philippians 4

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“As communion partners of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, & as Lutherans concerned with the human rights, dignity & future of all the peoples of Palestine & Israel, we must use our voices, resources & power of prayer at this crucial time.” www.elca.org/news-and-eve...

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Breathe, oh, breathe thy loving Spirit into every troubled breast; let us all in thee inherit; let us find thy promised rest. Take away the love of sinning; Alpha and Omega be; end of faith, as its beginning, set our hearts at liberty. —Charles Wesley (ELW 631)

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O Lord of Life, give us your peace. May our security come from reliance on the common good of all. May our strength come not from threats or violence but from love. May our path be not one of ambition, but of solidarity & justice. May our nations be governed by people of wisdom & honor. Amen.

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Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God; I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will uphold you with my victorious right hand. —Isaiah 41

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Amen.

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Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night. —George Herbert

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O Lord,who may abide in your tent?  Who may dwell on your holy hill? Those who walk blamelessly and do what is right  and speak the truth from their heart; who do not slander with their tongue who stand by their oath even to their hurt. Those who do these things shall never be moved. —Psalm 15

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“Considered by many to be the most influential interpreter of American religion during the 2nd half of the 20th century,Marty may best be known for the study of public theology…the critical engagement of religious & cultural issues that can foster the common good.” www.rblandmark.com/2025/02/26/r...

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Efficiency is not numbered among the virtues.

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"We've had rising shares of people who don't identify with any religion — so-called 'nones' — and declining shares who identify as Christian, in all parts of the country, in all parts of the population…” www.axios.com/2025/02/26/u...

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The attention of responsible people is directed to concrete neighbors in their concrete reality. —Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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“On Tuesday a federal judge in Washington state sided with the plaintiffs — which included Church World Service, HIAS & Lutheran Community Services Northwest…blocking the president’s Jan. 20 executive order to suspend the refugee program.” religionnews.com/2025/02/25/f...

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There was nothing left after he had eaten; therefore his prosperity will not endure. In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress; the hand of everyone in misery will come against him. —Job 20

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He will not look upon the rivers, the streams flowing with honey and curds. He will give back the fruit of his toil and will not swallow it down; from the profit of his trading he will get no enjoyment. For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he did not build. —Job 20

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He will fly away like a dream and not be found; he will be chased away like a vision of the night. The eye that saw him will see him no more, nor will his place any more behold him. —Job 20

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Though his height mount up to the heavens, & his head reach to the clouds, he will perish forever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?' —Job 20

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Do you not know this from of old, since man was placed on earth, that the exulting of the wicked is short, & the joy of the godless but for a moment? Job 20

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Truth is powerful and it prevails. —Sojourner Truth

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“Among them is plaintiff Reverend Eva Steege, an 83-year-old retired Lutheran pastor currently in hospice care, who has been directly impacted by the administration’s recent actions to curtail CFPB operations…” www.nclc.org/lawsuit-chal...

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We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote to the illusion that we are self-made. —Walter Brueggemann

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Let us, therefore, forsake the vanity of the crowd and their false teachings, and turn back to the word delivered to us from the beginning. —Polycarp

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