Category: Events

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CONVERSATIONS WITH STEVE: A NEW PIVOT POINT MINISTRY

Technology provides wonderful new opportunities for ministry.  Beginning in April, Pivot Point Ministries will offer CONVERSATIONS WITH STEVE.  These conversations will center on a given topic as participants bring together their expertise, insight and questions.  This will be an electronic round-table in which all participate, and, all lead.  It is hoped that participants can share […]

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German Transitions

Talk about life-changing events….back in 1987, I received a phone call from LeRoy Wilke, asking if I would become involved in a project through the Board for Youth Services of the LCMS to work with Rev. Herb Brokering on what was to be called JourneyFest 1990.  Agreeing to participate in that event has led to […]

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Join Me at Luther Fest 500 with Lost and Found

Luther Fest 500, based in Wittenberg, Germany, will be quite an adventure from June 17-23, 2013.  Lost and Found have put together an incredible program for ALL AGES that includes side trips to Luther sites, servant events, Scripture study, Reformation study and more. The main center of the Festival will be at the Castle Church […]

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Memory Care Support and Prayer Group

December 11, 2012 and January 8, 2012 The memory care support and prayer group that I lead at the St. Paul Monastery (2675 Benet Road, St. Paul, MN 55109) meets on the second Tuesday of each month from 7-9 p.m.  The group continues to serve and support new members. This setting provides a safe place […]

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UPCOMING EVENTS

November 4, 2012 – Scripture Study: Prayer-Conversations With God Golden Valley Lutheran Church Golden Valley, MN November 12, 2012 – Spirituality of Grief Immanuel Lutheran Church, Eden Prairie, MN November 13, 2012 – Memory Care Support and Prayer Group Benedictine Center – St. Paul Monastery December 11, 2012 – Memory Care Support and Prayer Group Benedictine […]

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Recent Items

  • The Loneliness Factor

    I was at a luncheon that was serving as a listening post for seniors to describe their sense of loneliness and isolation. I knew that the population invited to this luncheon was one that would probably have a higher sense of isolation, but, what I heard was much more intense than I expected. A man […]

  • Social Networks and Aging

    It is interesting that research is showing two demographics experiencing social isolation in such as way as to impact health: Young Adults (18-22) and Senior Adults (65+). I have worked with both populations over the past 50 years and I continue to be amazed at the similarity of the questions raised by both groups and […]

  • An Eye-Opening Awareness: One More Transition for this Guy

    I sat at a luncheon two weeks ago that opened my eyes to a reality that I knew was there, but as the discussion unfolded I began to realize how the discussion, about to take place, was going to expand my thinking. As I listened to the needs of the people with whom I shared […]

  • TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE: LETTING GOD SET THE AGENDA

    When it comes to the human condition and a desire to change, we can become easily frustrated: we think that we want to change … but we really don’t. Paul expresses this contradiction well in Romans 7:15-24: “I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do […]

  • The Crisis of Loneliness

    THE NATIONAL CRISIS CALLED LONELINESS From “LINKED IN” “America is becoming Isolation Nation. Nearly half of respondents to a nationwide survey by health insurer Cigna say they always or sometimes feel alone, and 54% say they feel no one knows them well. Such loneliness is connected to increased risk of heart disease, stroke and premature death. The […]