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PJ’s Page Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz said it: “There’s no place like home.”  We’ve heard crooners singing it over the holidays: “Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays.”  And it is true.  There is no place like home and Bruce and I are filled with gladness as we return home and to our community of faith following our journey to Germany.  It was grand – all that…

PJ’s Page Today I sat in our beautiful worship space at Luther Memorial and listened to the Cora Voce Civic choir’s annual pre-Advent concert.  This choir does stunning work and I was glad to see many of you there to share such deeply enriching music.  It was also a good way to be gently reminded that Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, or what the Church sometimes calls the…

PJ’s Page – This month we have many opportunities to give thanks, culminating, of course, in that very American tradition of Thanksgiving Day on November 28th. Early in November we observe All Saints Sunday, one of my favorite days in the Church year.  We remember with thanksgiving and love those from our community of faith who have died in the past year.  We also give…