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  • My Walk

    My relationship with Jesus Christ began at conception. The fourth child of John and Lorene Baglien; My father a Lutheran Pastor for 7 years when I was born! I have 3 brothers two older one younger, and two sisters, one older one younger. From the womb I heard the singing of sacred hymns and my…

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  • The Gospel of Barney

    The Gospel of Barney

    It used to be my blog, but I gave it up for quite some time. The Gospel of Barney: In our Neo‐pagan, Hedonistic Narcissistic Society If you are easily offended do not read this! What the ELCA is today is totally foreign to what I was ordained and called to at Stella Lutheran Chapel on…

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  • “Descended to Hell”

    “Descended to Hell”

    “DESCENDED TO HELL” It is optional now in the Apostles Creed. It is necessary in my book! Having been there myself on more than one occasion I took great comfort in the fact Jesus had beaten me there, beaten the Devil, and saved me from ever fearing an eternal residency in hell! In reality it…

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  • The Value of an education.

    The Value of an education.

    I got a High School Diploma from East Anchorage High, but I learned as much or more working delivering the Anchorage Daily News, Flipping Burgers at Grizzly Burger (the actual name of a fast-food restaurant in Anchorage AK in the 70’s,) and working washing and bussing dishes at F.W. Woolworths in downtown Anchorage. I got…

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  • Muttered Musings

    “There was an owl liv’d in an oakThe more he heard, the less he spokeThe less he spoke, the more he heard.O, if men were all like that wise bird.” “Preach the Gospel Always, and if Necessary, use Words” – St. Francis of Assissi

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  • DESCENDED TO HELL

    It is optional now in the Apostles Creed. It is necessary in my book! Having been there myself on more than one occasion I took great comfort in the fact Jesus had beaten me there, beaten the Devil, and saved me from ever fearing an eternal residency in hell! In reality it is a Good…

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  • In the beginning

    “In the beginning God”- (Genesis1:1/NIV) Truthfully in any and all beginnings God; in the middle of God, and in all endings God too. There is no time or place God is not! Yahweh God is much more than “I am”. Some find Ash Wednesday morbid, with the declaration, “From dust you have come, to dust…

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  • Presentism

    Presentism

    “Presentism – that historical sin of applying present-day virtues upon the past. – Merriam- Webster” I was disappointed watching the History Channel’s “Theodore Roosevelt” He was being judged for not advancing the civil rights of African Americans and Native Americans! Liberal logic tries to rewrite history. Regardless of what actually factually happened. They edit Dr.…

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  • The Gospel of Barney

    I used to have a blog – “The Gospel of Barney” The Gospel of Barney: In our Neo‐pagan, Hedonistic Narcissistic Society If you are easily offended do not read this! What the ELCA is today is totally foreign to what I was ordained and called to at Stella Lutheran Chapel on June 17th of 1984.…

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