How many times can someone say or write that we are living in unprecedented times? Yet that is what many of us feel. Our entire planet is suffering from the global pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus, and the subsequent stay-athome orders and lockdown of our livelihood and economy.
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A Quarterly Newsletter for the People of Zion Lutheran Church
Wilderness
As we enter into the 40 days of Lent, we are reminded of the 40 days Jesus was tempted in the wilderness and are reminded of the 40 years that the Israelites wandered in the wilderness. The time in the wilderness is a not an easy time, but it is a time of learning who […]
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When preparing the theme for this newsletter, Linda Sterner, our producer and editor extraordinaire, asked if the title should be a question or a statement. I mistakenly thought the theme was a statement, saying “What Can’t Wait.” What Linda’s question has forced me to realize is that it is both a question and a statement.
Read NewsletterGod’s Work, Our Hands
One of the basic ways to understand Christianity is that God comes to people through people. God in Jesus chose to become human to bring God’s presence to us through a human. Jesus came as the full embodiment of God in human form so that we could understand the power, depth, and breadth of God’s […]
Read NewsletterResurrection Hope
While many think of Easter as a one-day event to remember and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, for the Christian church it is a fifty-day season beginning with Easter Sunday and ending with Pentecost Sunday. Fifty days! I cannot imagine sustaining our Easter celebration for fifty days!
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Clindamycin does not reach significant levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) even with meningitis. If you must take your antibiotic with food, take it with a meal or snack where you do not also take exenatide. Periodic Nasal Examinations Periodic nasal examinations with visualization of the nasal mucosa, turbinates, septum and mucosal blood vessel status […]
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We spend much of our lives in between. In between jobs, in between stages of life. There are good in-between times: waiting for a birth, or for a wedding day. There are also more difficult in-between times: waiting for a diagnosis, or for a job offer that does not seem to come. Even in those […]
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When administered ocularly there is little risk of such effects, since the doses are much smaller (see topical versus systemic administration). In: Interstitial Lung Disease, 5th ed, Schwarz MI, King TE Jr (Eds), People’s Medical Publishing House, Shelton, CT 2011. Are you looking for a place to get your Cayston (aztreonam) medication at an affordable […]
Read NewsletterEmbracing Our Identity
We identify ourselves in a lot of different ways: a parent, spouse, son or daughter, sibling, friend. We may identify ourselves by a career or a hobby—and of course, most personally, by a given name. Every organization, whether it’s a school, place of business, or church also is identified in different ways.
Read NewsletterFoolish Love: Newsletter January, February, March 2018
This year a remarkable thing happens in our calendar. This is no joke! This year, Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day and Easter Sunday falls on April Fools’ Day. This does not happen very often; the last time these dates coincided like this was 1945! In 1945, World War II ended. You could buy a […]
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