Gracious God, let me be a part of your work of transformation. Help me to identify those things in my life that prevent me from experiencing your love and joy. Let me see the rust and decay of my biases, prejudices, and shortcomings that separate me from others. Give me the courage to move beyond nostalgia and the past so that I may be more present at this moment. Strengthen me to respond in new ways to your life in my life. Guide the hard work of clearing and discarding so that I might plant and plan for what is to come. Through Christ, Amen.
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Backyard Parables seeks God in the space of an ordinary backyard. Jesus taught about the Kingdom of God using parables about ordinary things. Walt creates parables of his own from his backyard. Through them, he seeks wisdom for Christian living today. Walt is a Lutheran Pastor with twenty-three years of experience providing spiritual care, preaching, teaching, and writing about God's Kingdom.
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