As we enter the month of February, Father Brooks explains the four different types of love as defined by words in Greek. This weeek, he talks about Eros, the heart pounding romantic love that can lead to marriage. Father Brooks talks to people of all ages about marriage – thos thinking about marriage,
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This week Father Brooks talks about how winter is a feeling inside of us, not just a season of the year. Sometimes that feeling brings joy and happiness to those who love to ski, snowshoe, be cozy by a fire. For others, it’s a feeling of frustration, coldness of heart,
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Sanctuaries have traditionally been a place of respite – a place of refuge, of sacred ground, where no violence could happen. As we embark on the inauguration of a new president, we remember this – our nation has not declared war only elected a president. Transfiguration will remain a place
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Dear Parish Family and Friends, Well, we all prayed for snow back in late November….. Old Man Winter may be a’visiting our valley to cover us with his white blanket, but how much more does our Heavenly Father wish to wrap our lives with a blazing love to warm the
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Listen to Father Brooks Keith every week on KZYR, True Local radio, 97.7 FM. As we head into week 2 of the new year, he asks us to keep our new year’s resolutions – but not just physical health goals or professional goals. He reminds us that spiritual health is a
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This week Father Brooks talks about how we look for a bright star in the sky, and perhaps that star is a bright light in your life, to guide your daily life. As we celebrate the 12th Night of Christmas, and the Feast of the Epiphany to close out the
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Listen to Father Brooks this week on KZYR, True Local Radio, 97.7 FM. What is the gift you can give this holiday season? Perhaps you are the gift that someone desperately needs to receive – your time, your presence, your thoughtfulness, your peace, your smile. Join us through the 12
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Dear ECOT Parish Family and Friends, I loved the recent Christmas card I received which proclaimed on the cover, “The time which makes all other time possible!!” For Christians this literally is the God’s honest truth! The birth of the Savior of the world re-aligns both time and space,
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Father Brooks’ special message on KZYR, True Local Radio 97.7 FM, this week asks us whether our Christmas season will be filled with “bedlam” or “Bethlehem”. The origin of the meaning of the word “bedlam” originates from an asylum in London, founded in 1247 as the Priory of St. Mary of Bethlehem.
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I cannot believe that we are lighting the 4th and final candle on the Advent Wreath! Christmas is almost upon us! I very much appreciate Pastors Carl Walker and Mark Huggenvik taking worship for us this past Sunday, as I exercised the “Saint Olaf audible!” Thank you Carl and Mark!
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