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Sermons
Turning points: "At your word" – on nights without a catch and people who know better…
Simon has worked all night and caught nothing. Now he is washing the nets; the day's work is done. And then someone comes along and explains his job to him. On moods …
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Reflections
And two is already a "we"
My reflection after "wir_jetzt_hier" at the Bodenseeforum Konstanz ... "We are looking for the we." Ten young people call it out into a packed hall, in front of an …
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Harvest festival: "Full – and then?" On gratitude that gets stuck and generosity that flows on...
Pumpkins of every shape, baskets full of apples, radishes, lettuce, potatoes with the soil still on them. You could have sat straight down at the table. Harvest festival …
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The courage to change: my path from the pulpit to the classroom
There are countless exams on the way to becoming a pastor. The hurdles and the time investment they involve are high. Fewer and fewer people want to do it. What keeps …
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Sermons
Follow me!? "I spy with my little eye"
Come and see! Several times people meet Jesus, and each time they see something special. We don't get to see directly what they see. But we hear what insights they take …
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Reflections
On the high season of love. And expectation management at Advent weekends...
Monday morning, 6:04 a.m. on platform 3a at Konstanz station, it will be as it is almost every week. Waiting for the train. Until the loudspeaker announces: "The …
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Reflections
Wish, reality and a whirl of contexts: "Am I Quixote, or what?"
Am I this person or that one? We have quite precise ideas of how other people come across to us. And we are good at comparing. And sometimes we tell stories completely …
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Reflections
Letting it shine
Did you enjoy the last sunny days at the beginning of the week as much as I did? A golden October at last! More light. Goethe is said to have wished for that on his …
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Reflections
On role models. And life in all its fullness...
"The Queen is dead, long live the King." What powerful images those were from London. Ten days of national mourning, special broadcasts – from beginning to end, from the …
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Reflections
Digital detox: summit crosses and the search for new sources
Many people like ticking things off on checklists. The heatwave summer has just passed: check. And the winter of rage possibly still lies ahead – we would rather leave …
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Reflections
Angler's luck: much happiness and blessing
Had a moan yet today? Well, there are reasons enough to be dissatisfied – as many as the sands of the sea. A thousand reasons to be unhappy. And to be happy? Because …
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Formats
Babel's confusion of tongues: building blocks instead of worldviews set in concrete
We have only just celebrated Pentecost, the feast of peace and joy – indeed, it is even the Church's birthday party. And bang, after the Whitsun holidays everyday life …
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Reflections
Chin up! Celebrating festivals
You should celebrate festivals as they come. And we look forward to them, these festivals. Anticipation, as we know, is the greatest joy. Who or what are you looking …
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Reflections
Yes and Amen
Ljudmilla and Victoria arrived in Konstanz on a Saturday morning after a long journey through Poland in a VW camper van. For two weeks now the two Ukrainian women have …
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Reflections
Purpose: all in all
Ash Wednesday. On "Schmotziger" Thursday of all days, the highest holiday here in the carnival region, war returned to Europe. Dirty and unfiltered, it pushed its way …
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Formats
The future is now!
Less than two weeks to go and then it's carnival. The garlands are already hanging in the streets, new regulations are coming from Stuttgart. Will there be a …
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Reflections
Illumination: more light, splendour and glory
These days I am packing it away again, my white Herrnhut star. Isn't it beautiful! Every year it hangs in our flat, from the first Sunday of Advent until Candlemas (2 …
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Reflections
Outlook: seeing everything in a different light
The new year 2022 is still so young; it has only just begun. How did you spend it, this New Year? Perhaps with a review of the year? It was certainly a reflective one …
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Reflections
Christmas address: wishes, awe and a great deal of new joy...
What are we looking at? Look at him, the crucified and risen Lord. The cross here. Jesus Christ comes to us and, as a king in the manger, quite literally lays himself at …
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Reflections
Sincerity: from Advent to a truly reflective Christmas – how does that work?
Some reflect over punch and biscuits at home – as prescribed by Covid regulations. Others at a 2G+ Advent dinner with colleagues in a restaurant or the canteen. And …
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General
Digital freedom: longings and the search for meaning
On what theology and IT have in common at their core: digital freedom, longings and the search for meaning. I talked about this and much more with digital deacon Josef …
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Reflections
Friendships: hold on! And experience strength, love and other liberating things together...
A good friend. Who doesn't wish for that! Especially at a time like this. I talked about friendship with young people who are preparing for their confirmation in the new …
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Reflections
Confidence: sun salutations in the lake fog
"Stay confident." With these words "Tagesthemen" presenter Ingo Zamperoni regularly says goodbye to his viewers. Have you noticed it too? Something different from the …
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Reflections
Harvest festival
Among tomato plants, potato beds and Japanese anemones on the edge of Petershausen, I hear this sentence: "This garden is my life." He has tended and cared for it for …