Brothers and sisters,

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Sunday November 23, 2008 · 5:02 PM PST

2008/11/23 · 17:02

Let us pray:*

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Sunday November 16, 2008 · 5:02 PM PST

2008/11/16 · 17:02

The Lord be with you.
And also with you.

Let us pray* for God's people everywhere, lending our bold "Amen" to our prayer.

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Sunday November 09, 2008 · 4:57 PM PST

2008/11/09 · 16:57

Let us pray* for children everywhere:

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Wednesday November 05, 2008 · 11:40 AM PST

2008/11/05 · 11:40

On occasion, people have asked me how I can believe in God, despite the lack of evidence for a divine being. And on occasion, I have replied: I have evidence, but perhaps not in the sense you might understand. I have seen people and communities come back to life long after they were supposed to be dead. I have seen the power of the resurrection at work in my life.

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Sunday November 02, 2008 · 5:01 PM PST

2008/11/02 · 17:01

Today is All Saints' Sunday, when Christians remember the dead. In honor of our forebears, let us remember tonight:

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Saturday November 01, 2008 · 7:42 PM PDT

2008/11/01 · 19:42

Some of the field organizers against Prop 8 in California have asked me to pass along some information about The Call, the ginormous rally for the proposition that's supposed to be taking place in Qualcomm Stadium today.

You don't get much scarier or much more apocalyptic than these folks. Here's a Call video:

No, my friends, that is not a parody.

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Sunday October 26, 2008 · 5:05 PM PDT

2008/10/26 · 17:05

not to complain too much, but today has been a perfect example of what I was talking about on Monday. We had church this morning, a quick meeting and pastoral conversations with a couple of folks. Then it was the annual chili dinner, working on a funeral service for tomorrow, disassembling Sissy's wardrobe doors because they keep falling off, stopping by the funeral home for the visitation and taking Sissy around for trick-or-treating.

(The little boy doesn't get to go this round. He's sick and threw not one but two temper tantrums today.)

So yeah, it's a long day. In honor of Norb, whom we will bury tomorrow, and all the dead, a Catholic prayer:

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Monday October 20, 2008 · 11:30 AM PDT

2008/10/20 · 11:30

First the good news, and there's a bit of it. Some changes are coming to Casa Pastor: on November 2nd, I expect to be called as the permanent, or "settled," pastor of our little church. Early next year, if all goes well, we will finalize the adoption of Sissy and the little boy. And I have just inked a contract to write my first book, to be published in Spring 2010.

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Sunday October 19, 2008 · 5:03 PM PDT

2008/10/19 · 17:03

You know what the sign of a good wedding is? When all the attendees are exhausted the next day. (I'd say hungover, too, but this is a family diary.) So it is that I pronounce Brian and Steph's the Best. Wedding. Ever. We practically had to suspend people from nets to fit them all into the sanctuary, and I understand there was dancing far into the night. (I wouldn't know. We had to leave early.)

So yes, I'm pooped, but also happy and grateful. And as Meister Eckhardt says, "If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough."

What are you thankful for tonight?

Thanks A Lot, Rep. Bachmann

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Saturday October 18, 2008 · 10:56 AM PDT

2008/10/18 · 10:56

No, really. I've spent the better part of four years now trying to convince my progressive friends that not all Christians are total right-wing loons. In just a few minutes on Hardball, you managed to undo a good bit of that work.

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Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 10:35 AM PDT

2008/10/14 · 10:35

For decades, Americans have been told to be afraid of one thing after another.

We were told to be afraid of Communists.

We were told to be afraid of racial desegregation.

We were told to be afraid of angry black men.

We were told to be afraid of North Vietnam.

We were told to be afraid of hippies.

We were told to be afraid of feminists.

We were told to be afraid of Communists again.

We were told to be afraid of the Sandinistas.

We were told to be afraid of Saddam Hussein.

We were told to be afraid of a national healthcare plan.

We were told to be afraid of gays and lesbians in the military.

We were told to be afraid of a philandering president.

After all that fear, you might think we would be done. Instead, that was only the warm-up for eight years of the rule of fear.

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Sunday October 12, 2008 · 4:55 PM PDT

2008/10/12 · 16:55

Posting this a bit early tonight. We're at the in-laws and about to head home. I'll be back later to check comments.

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