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Paul Menz “The Soldier Bard”🇺🇸 ⚔️ 🎺 ✝️
@paulvmenz.bsky.social
US Army Retiree, ex-pat Buckeye, Naturalized Texan. Lutheran (Missouri Synod). TTRPG player (at least I try). VDMA. Christus Rex
We begin Lent by beginning at “the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” St. Mark’s Gospel gets right to the point... —Rev. Larry Beane #Lutheran #Lent #AshWednesday #LCMS open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - Mark 1:1-13
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February 18, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. Genesis 3:19 #AshWednedsay #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod
February 18, 2026 at 12:42 PM
A good listen on what the Season of Lent truly is #Lutheran #LCMS #Lent podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
The Season of Lent – Dr. Ken Schurb, 2/16/26 (0471)
Podcast Episode · Issues, Etc. · 02/16/2026 · 58m
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February 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Year of the Horse? 🐎 it’s the year of the Cav!
February 17, 2026 at 5:40 PM
In a sense, bread is a curse. It is a substitute for the perfect fruits of the garden. But Jesus comes to us in space and time, in our mortality, into our cursed world, our world of hunger and struggle – and He sanctifies bread. -Rev. Larry Beane #Lutheran #LCMS
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Today's Devotion
Sermon: Wittenberg Academy - Tuesday, February 17, 2026 (Mardi Gras) - John 6:1-21
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February 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
However, Jesus’ accusers have not heard this latter divine testimony, whose “voice [they] have never heard” and whose “form [they] have never seen.” For they “do not have His Word abiding in [them].” -Rev. Larry Beane. #Lutheran #LCMS open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Monday, February 16, 2026 (St. Philip Melanchthon) - John 5:30-47
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February 16, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I might need to get back to taking Lego photos.
February 16, 2026 at 1:12 PM
“Alleluia, Song of Gladness”
Lutheran Service Book, Hymn 417
#Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod #Quinquagesima

1 Alleluia, song of gladness,
Voice of joy that cannot die;
Alleluia is the anthem
Ever raised by choirs on high;
In the house of God abiding
Thus they sing eternally.
February 15, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Good morning!
February 14, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Today’s passage is interesting, as John treats it differently than do Matthew and Luke. -Rev. Larry Beane #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod #LCMS open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Friday, February 13, 2026 - John 4:46-54
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February 13, 2026 at 8:50 PM
And while “many Samaritans from that town believed in Him because of the woman’s testimony,” many came to hear Jesus for themselves. Our Lord spent two days with them. “And many more believed in Him because of His Word.” -Rev. Larry Beane #Lutheran #LCMS open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Thursday, February 12, 2026 - John 4:27-45
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February 12, 2026 at 8:47 PM
For regardless of the still-remaining distinctions of identity that we all bear as creatures of the Creator, none of these are an impediment to the “living water” that Jesus offers to all. —Rev. Larry Beane #Lutheran #LCMS open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - John 4:7-26
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February 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM