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To Some It's just a Wall
The other night I initially thought we’d practice some enchantment by reading some passages by Thoreau. Then we’d collectively say,...
Todd Siefker
Apr 23, 20208 min read
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Time to Make a Deposit
I came across a deposit slip from First Federal Savings & Loan that said, “Date: _____________ 19___” It was being used as a book mark in...
Todd Siefker
Mar 19, 20205 min read
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Lent is about Dining on Birdseed at the Table of the World
The other day Verlee Owens sent me an article entitled, ‘Why is Jesus a Minor Character in The Religion Named After Him?’ As I was...
Todd Siefker
Mar 13, 20208 min read
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America, It's Time to Be Thankful for What We Have--Each Other!
The other day, my son and I volunteered an evening at the soup kitchen on W.7th. A fight broke out between a police officer and a...
Todd Siefker
Feb 16, 20204 min read
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The Tolstoy, Gandhi, MLK Sermon
Following Tolstoy, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, on the road to Jericho isn’t like a marshmallow roast singing Kumbaya We tend to think...
Todd Siefker
Feb 8, 202018 min read
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My Dad's Garage
The other day my dad came over to help me wire a hall light. Every YouTube video I could find only had two or three wires coming out of...
Todd Siefker
Jan 29, 202016 min read
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From Pocket Fuzz to Ant Hills
I’ve often thought the word ‘Lent’ was a strange name for such an important season in the Christian church. Why would anything be named...
Todd Siefker
Dec 8, 20195 min read
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Faith Traditions As Medicine for an Ailing Educational System
My Education Manifesto Every day for the last three years, I’ve carried in my backpack a 30 page quantitative research study. Given that...
Todd Siefker
Nov 16, 201922 min read
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WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR? by Jim Wallis
A YOUNG LAWYER asks Jesus what he must do “to inherit eternal life.” To which Jesus gives a simple answer: Love God and love your...
Todd Siefker
Oct 5, 20199 min read
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Why I Came Back to Christianity
Hi I'm Todd Siefker. I’m the Intergenerational Ministry Coordinator here at First Congregational. I recently came back to the Christian...
Todd Siefker
Oct 1, 20195 min read
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On the Art of Walking
The two types of spirituality: the suanter without a destinaiton and the hike toward a destination.
Todd Siefker
Sep 28, 20191 min read
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Todd Siefker
Sep 27, 20190 min read
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The Quiet Contemplative Life (part 2)
Part II New American Gothic by Criselda Vasquez
Todd Siefker
Sep 27, 20191 min read
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The Quiet Contemplative Life (part 1)
This is a three part video series on modern American spirituality through the lense of the ancient Lord's Prayer.
Todd Siefker
Sep 27, 20191 min read
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On Sauntering vs. Walking: When is enough enough
Here's where I sauntered home.
Todd Siefker
Sep 22, 201915 min read
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