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Reflections From A Wittenberg Coffee House-How I Live

Wittenberg English ministry provides a very nice three room flat for me to live in.  It is about three blocks from the Old City but close to all the places I am involved with.  The building is from the early 1900’s and just oozes with character.  I haven’t met everyone in the building but the […]

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LutherFest 500

I AM SO EXCITED!   Two people have contacted me to join Luther Fest 500 in Wittenberg, Germany this summer.  You, too, are invited. Luther Fest 500, based in Wittenberg, Germany from June 17-23, 2013, will be quite an adventure.  Lost and Found has put together an incredible program for ALL AGES that includes side trips […]

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Celebrate Prince of Peace

The Advent/Christmas/Epiphany cycle is a wonderful time of celebration and remembering the birth of the Prince of Peace.  There is no peace apart from Christ. May our celebration this year focus upon peace-making as we follow the One who calls us to “love our enemies” and to “pray for those who persecute you.  Peace begins […]

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Available Presentations for 2012/2013:

Contact Steve Arnold at steve@pivotpointministries.org or by calling 651-261-9853. Prayer and Conversion:  A Transitional Journey Toward Abundant Living This topic can be explored in a two hour session or a two day retreat.  The time is spent in experiencing forms of bio spiritual focusing, praying the Word, reflecting in contemplative prayer.  This is an opportunity […]

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Merry Christmas

The Incarnation was, and is, a powerful Pivot Point.  All of history comes together in the kairos of the Incarnation.  When Jesus encounters us along the way we are never the same again. May the encounter of the Incarnation bring you blessed transition from death to life and blessed future. Steve

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