December 2013 – A Seminarian’s Letters Home

Posted by on Feb 3, 2014 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on December 2013 – A Seminarian’s Letters Home To the membership of Circle of Faith Parish: Greetings to you all from Evanston, IL! Here in the Chicago area, something tragic began to unfold about a month ago. The tragedy was that a handful of radio stations began playing nothing but Christmas music, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, mere days after Halloween had passed. All right, perhaps tragic is a strong word, but it’s still...
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November 2013 – A Seminarian’s Letters Homes

Posted by on Feb 3, 2014 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on November 2013 – A Seminarian’s Letters Homes To the membership of Circle of Faith Parish: Greetings to you all from Evanston, IL! Every year at this time, I can’t help but remember the words of the great American philosopher who said, “Well, another Halloween has come and gone.” And yes, that philosopher was Charlie Brown. He said that to Linus, who was feeling down after having spent yet another entire Halloween night in the pumpkin...
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October 2013 – A Seminarian’s Letters Home

Posted by on Feb 3, 2014 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on October 2013 – A Seminarian’s Letters Home To the membership of Circle of Faith Parish: Greetings to you all from Evanston, IL! The school year is well underway now. Harvest is beginning, and the leaves are starting to turn. We are entering another season of the year, that of fall. We are also drawing closer to that landmark day for Lutherans, Reformation Sunday. Soon, red will adorn our altars, our vestments, and our clothing as we...
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September 2013 – A Seminarian’s Letters Home

Posted by on Feb 3, 2014 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on September 2013 – A Seminarian’s Letters Home To the membership of Circle of Faith Parish: Greetings to you all from Evanston, IL! By the time you read this, I will be entangled in the glorious mess of books and papers and classes and presentations and meetings of which PhD study is made up. Thank you again to all of you for a fantastic summer, for great ministry, and for the chance to see amazing new things coming into being at Circle of...
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August 2013 – A Seminarian’s Letters Home

Posted by on Feb 3, 2014 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on August 2013 – A Seminarian’s Letters Home To the membership of Circle of Faith Parish: Greetings to you all from back in Trimont! A hearty welcome to Pr. Eric Midthun, our new associate pastor! Congratulations, also, to the Call Committee on a job well done and smoothly completed. A dream that began three long years ago has finally been realized. Circle of Faith Parish has been formed, and we now have a complete pastoral staff for our...
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