Tag: jesus

• How to be a Follower

  The Gospel Message at Irving Park Lutheran Church for 5.11.2025 for my last Sunday there. The livestream can be viewed here. by Justin Marquis Irving Park Lutheran Church; I can still hardly believe that I am up here in this pulpit, proclaiming the gospel. It’s still a little strange for me, and looking back three…

  Justin R Marquis

  May 20, 2025

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  bible, christianity, faith, good-shepherd, gospel-message, jesus

• Maundy Thursday Reflection

  by Justin Marquis [Given at Maundy Thursday Worship at Irving Park Lutheran Church on 4/17/20250] Maundy Thursday is a special day for me. When I started working and worshiping here at Irving Park Lutheran Church, it was Holy Communion that drew me back to the church community. Food brings people together, and it is with…

  Justin R Marquis

  April 18, 2025

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  bible, faith, god, holy-week, jesus, maundy-thursday

• Returning to the Church. Why? What does it mean?

  by Justin Marquis I would believe only in a god who could dance….Now I am light, now I fly, now I see myself beneath myself, now a god dances through me. –Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, I, “On Reading and Writing.” I keep starting to begin a blog post explaining my return to the church beginning…

  Justin R Marquis

  March 4, 2025

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  bible, christianity, death-of-god-theology, faith, god, jesus, lutheran-church, Nietzsche, open-theism, religion

• My So-Called Faith

  by Justin Marquis Previous Post – How Could I not Be Grateful for My Whole Life? Everyone, I believe, has those memories of youth that are difficult to remember because of how embarrassed we are of our younger selves, things we did that are so cringe-worthy in their immaturity, their naivety, even their stupidity that…

  Justin R Marquis

  November 25, 2024

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  bible, christianity, church, faith, jesus