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HOLY TRINITY
LUTHERAN CHURCH
605 Madison st., marshall, wi 53559
Pastor Raabe wrote these devotions, "A Room with a View," during the month of May, 2020 to lead us toward that time in June when we would begin to gather again for worship, in person, in our parking lot. The complete set may be read here. More recently she completed a series of daily podcasts during Advent, 2020. You can hear those here.
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Trust, Always
June 11, 2020 Put your trust in God always, O people, pour out your hearts before the one who is our refuge. (Psalm 62:8) Trust is...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
Jun 11, 20202 min read
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Disclosed
June 10, 2020 For nothing is hidden that will not be disclosed, nor is anything secret that will not become known and come to light....
Pastor Nancy Raabe
Jun 10, 20202 min read
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Breath
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Hallelujah! (Psalm 150:6) June 9, 2020 The Book of Psalms, that endlessly stirring...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
Jun 9, 20202 min read
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Seismic Shift
June 8, 2020 Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who wait on the Lord. (Psalm 31:24) [Image: Thornton Dial, “The Last Day...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
Jun 8, 20202 min read
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The Danger of Dichotomy
Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. (1 John 3:4) One could easily say that it's the "us vs. them"...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
Jun 5, 20202 min read
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All That Is Within Me
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless God's holy name. (Psalm 103:1) Most psalms are directed outward, to God or...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
Jun 4, 20202 min read
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Declare These Things
Declare these things; exhort and reprove with all authority; let no one look down on you. (Titus 2:15) We hope, we pray that the anguish...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
Jun 3, 20202 min read
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The Radiance of Hope
Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven-fold, as the light of seven days,...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
Jun 2, 20202 min read
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Holiness
June 1, 2020 Strive for peace with all people, and for the holiness without which no one will see God. (Hebrews 12:14) When I ponder...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
Jun 1, 20202 min read
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The Sound of Justice
But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. (Amos 5:24) The epicenter of the violence in...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
May 29, 20202 min read
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Recalibration
Has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
May 28, 20202 min read
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A Room With a View: Asking and Receiving
Ask, and it will be given.... (Matthew 7:7) Jesus makes it sound so easy: Ask. Seek. Knock. For everyone who asks receives! That's a...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
May 27, 20202 min read
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A Room With a View: May 11-26
I began writing these on May 11. They will be posted daily (M-F) from here on. May God continue to hold us together in the Word which has...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
May 26, 202015 min read
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Beautiful Savior
As our dog Jack and I were on our morning walk today, I looked behind one of the houses on our street out into the small nature preserve...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
Apr 8, 20202 min read
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Come, Thou Fount
Paul writes in that memorable verse from Romans 5, “…from suffering comes endurance, and from endurance, character, and from character,...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
Mar 26, 20203 min read
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From darkness to light
Carrying through from Epiphany into Lent, we have been clinging to images of Christ as light: "I am the Light of the world”; “In him was...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
Mar 23, 20202 min read
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Bind Us Together
I chose this hymn for our first virtual worship service because I think it’s well-known and easy to sing--and for another reason that's...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
Mar 22, 20202 min read
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"...much we need your tender care..."
Psalm 23 is certainly one of the most beloved passages in all scripture. With the Lord’s Prayer, it’s really just about the only set of...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
Mar 20, 20202 min read
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Words We Need
“Blessed Assurance” has been called the archetypal gospel song. We sang it joyfully in church just a few weeks ago. What different times...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
Mar 19, 20202 min read
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"Built on a Rock": A hymn for today
One fear I am hearing from people is whether congregations will survive if we are not allowed to gather indoors for an extended period of...
Pastor Nancy Raabe
Mar 18, 20202 min read
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