Blogs about: Peter Ilgenfritz
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What's Jesus Up To?
What is Jesus up to in my life? There he has been, here he is: Pushing, cajoling, reminding, Challenging, calling me out of all the STUCK PLACES I too often call my life. Calling me back to what I to… more →
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What's Jesus Up To?
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pastorpeteri wrote 4 months ago: What is Jesus up to in my life? There he has been, here he is: Pushing, cajoling, reminding, Challe … more →
Jesus As Icon
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pastorpeteri wrote 4 months ago: For years I had gone to the retreat and not paid any attention to it. Why in the world would he bri … more →
Picking and Choosing Our Way
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pastorpeteri wrote 4 months ago: The poor student. She had found me on the web and wanted to interview me for her paper on homosexua … more →
God is Still Speaking
pastorpeteri wrote 5 months ago: I say it to our kids all the time: your understanding of God and your relationship with God has to … more →
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
pastorpeteri wrote 5 months ago: Last week I got to hear Alain de Botton at the Central Library speak about his new book, The Pleasu … more →
Angels and Demons
pastorpeteri wrote 6 months ago: Angels and Demons In times of transition, great spiritual forces are present. They come in many g … more →
Re-Imagining Care
pastorpeteri wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday afternoon a talked with a reporter from the Seattle PI. I was looking forward (with some … more →
Reflections on a Congregational Meeting
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pastorpeteri wrote 1 year ago: I sent this note below about the congregational meeting today to church council and the coordinating … more →
Eulogy for a Bike
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pastorpeteri wrote 1 year ago: Three weeks ago, on a rainy Wednesday evening, I drove home and into the garage and saw that it was … more →
It's Not About Fairness - It's About Life
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pastorpeteri wrote 1 year ago: IT’S NOT ABOUT FAIRNESS; IT’S ABOUT LIFE (Matthew 20.1-15) A sermon preached by Peter Ilgenfritz and … more →
Beyond Fear: Why I Take Our Kids to Ground Zero
pastorpeteri wrote 1 year ago: Our Middle School Mission Trip to the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolence was the sixth trip we have … more →
Letting Go
pastorpeteri wrote 1 year ago: I cleaned my office on Friday. I was done with it – the desktop stacked with piles of paper and boo … more →
"Pastor" is a Verb
pastorpeteri wrote 1 year ago: What does a pastor do all week? Due to the very nature of the profession, much that we do as pa … more →
Reflection
pastorpeteri wrote 1 year ago: One of my current favorite thinkers, Margaret Wheatley, asks, “Are you taking time to reflect? … more →
What If I Believed This?
pastorpeteri wrote 1 year ago: A friend sent me this poem today. Why is it I find this word hardest to believe when I am sitting r … more →
Why I Go To Church
pastorpeteri wrote 1 year ago: How are you? I’m visiting Seattle. I went to see a doctor about my health. Actually, I worried about … more →
What Will Make Your Heart Sing?
pastorpeteri wrote 1 year ago: The invitation: Write a proposal to the Lilly Endowment for what you and your congregation would do … more →
"Hope is the Thing with Feathers"
pastorpeteri wrote 1 year ago: I shared these words with Don Mackenzie at today’s retirement celebration. March 1, 1995. Over 1 … more →
My Other Life
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pastorpeteri wrote 1 year ago: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 In my other life, today is a big day. The abbot of my Zen community, Dai … more →
