Pastor Bob Johansen writes a weekly column on faith and spirituality for The Gardner News. To read a selection of these articles click on the links below:
May 12, 2007 "Bowling Alone"
May 5, 2007 "Living Downstream"
April 28, 2007 “Whose Feet Will You Wash?”
April 21, 2007 "The Gift of Memory"
April 14, 2007 "The Triumph of Easter"
April 7, 2007 "Pausing on Holy Saturday"
March 31, 2007 “The Lost Tomb of Jesus”
March 24, 2007 "How Do We Know God?"
March 17, 2007 "In Celebration of a Life"
March 10, 2007 "The Hope of Spring"
March 3, 2007 "Encounters With God"
Feb. 24, 2007 "Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust"
Feb. 17, 2007 "What Shall We Pray For?"
Feb. 10, 2007 "On Loving God"
Feb. 3, 2007 "Listening to God"
Jan. 27, 2007 "All the Good You Can"
Jan. 20, 2007 "Taking Care of Business"
Jan. 13, 2007 "Looking Good"
Jan. 6, 2007 "New Year's Spiritual Resolutions"
Dec. 30, 2006 "The Word Became Flesh"
Dec. 23, 2006 "Kneeling at the Manger"
Dec. 16, 2006 "A Change of Direction"
Dec. 9, 2006 "Getting our Attention"
Dec. 2, 2006 "Advent: A Season of Watching and Waiting"
Nov. 25, 2006 "In God's Time: The Church Year"
Nov. 18, 2006 "Cultivating and Attitude of Gratitude"
Nov. 11, 2006 "Forgiveness as a Way of Life"
Nov. 4, 2006 "For All the Saints"
Oct. 28, 2006 "The Waters of Baptism"
Oct. 21, 2006 "Spiritual Types"
Oct. 14, 2006 "The Experience of the Sacred"
Oct. 7, 2006 "Our Blessed Animals"
Sept. 30, 2006 "World Communion Sunday"
Sept. 23, 2006 "Exploring Church Websites"
Sept. 16, 2006: "The Old, Old Story"
August 19, 2006: "Sowing Seeds of Faith"
August 12, 2006: "What is a Spiritual Director?"
August 5, 2006: "Spiritual Friends"
August 5, 2006: "Faith and Children", part 2
July 15, 2006: "Faith and Children" part 1
July 8, 2006: "Finding the Right Church for You"
July 1, 2006: "Spiritual, but not Religious"