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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 15/09/2026

I wonder if there’s anything else that would be a better use of this money. I can think of a few ideas. From the Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 02/09/2026

I just took a political survey that turned out to have been paid for by a Republican campaign group, which makes the quality control question even more amusing. Canada is not a U.S. state. I fear certain very prominent Republicans would have trouble with that question.

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 31/07/2026

I’ve occasionally heard people say they ignore the news, because it’s too depressing. Why do only the negative stories get reported? Well, I’d like to direct your attention to this report from the Village of Belgium, as printed in this week’s Ozaukee Press.

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 15/04/2026

Online church milestone: 10,000 downloads of the sermon podcast I started for the churches I pastor. (And of course, we pass the milestone on a week when I was on vacation 😂.) The first episode was Christmas Eve, 2022. Check it out: pod.link/1669098407

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 05/04/2026

Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Happy Easter! He has arisen and we shall arise; give God the glory, alleluia! Beautiful and joyful Easter decor at the two ELCA churches I serve.

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 03/04/2026

I was asked on Monday evening if it would be possible to do a baptism this week. Answer: Yes! We’ll figure it out. So, our already unique Maundy Thursday worship service got to include baptizing a nine-year-old!

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 30/03/2026

The headline version of this story is far more interesting than the actual story. One letter makes a difference! @usatoday.com #typos

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 23/03/2026

Family outing this afternoon for Jonah’s and Micah’s first time seeing a movie on the big screen! The Pout-Pout Fish is a great children’s board book. The movie? Well, today’s a good day to learn the life lesson that the book’s nearly always better than the movie.

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 31/01/2026

Love is not the reward for getting faith right; love is the point. -Joseph Yoo #ext26

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 18/01/2026

Dear TikTok, it’s a video of a spacewalk. Is it really necessary to add a warning? “The actions in this video are performed or supervised by professionals. Do not attempt.”

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 04/01/2026

Perhaps the “fixation” is because the President said multiple times, “We're going to run the country” and as Secretary of State Rubio himself said, “The 47th President of the United States is not a game player.

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 04/01/2026

You shall not steal. #10Commandments Source: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 13/12/2025

Spotify Wrapped for the church sermon podcast is fun, but the best part is the interesting selection of audiobooks listened to by the same audience.

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 06/11/2025

Spending the day at Holy Cross Lutheran Church at a workshop for ELCA rostered ministers on gender justice with colleagues from the Greater Milwaukee Synod. #pastorlife

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 27/10/2025

2025 Flucke family trick-or-treating in Port Washington. This year is the first time ever in my adult life that I’ve actually worn a costume for trick-or-treating, and I went with the most obvious choice for a Lutheran pastor. Christin said I didn’t fit the PBS kids theme. #trickortreat🎃 #halloween

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 09/08/2025

I got @zachwlambert.bsky.social’s brand new book in the mail today! Looking forward to reading it soon.

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 31/07/2025

Thanks! I must not have gone back far enough to find it. Related to that, I can’t get the “Next” link on the bottom of the home page to work (might be just me). But thanks for the coverage!

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 31/07/2025

Meanwhile, not related to #ELCACWA25, the Greater Milwaukee Synod ELCA is on the front page of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today for joining a lawsuit about ICE raids in sensitive locations. Here’s Bishop Erickson’s statement, with a link to the lawsuit. milwaukeesynod.org/pastoral-let...

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 31/07/2025

Funny, the latest post from the ELCA Twitter/D account is about Presiding Bishop Curry (the other one). #ELCACWA25 (Also, can someone delete that page? I get why it’s not used, but not updated in a year and a half is not a great look.)

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 29/07/2025

Here are all candidates on the second ballot for ELCA Presiding Bishop at #ELCACWA25

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 29/07/2025

The livestream for Monday’s opening worship service at #elcacwa25 started with half an hour of music, and a little bit of crowd noise was audible. The automated transcript on the YouTube livestream is great!

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 29/07/2025

I obviously miss my wife while she’s in Madison this week hosting a Serve Boldly mission trip group, but ELCA Churchwide Assembly week is a convenient time for her to be gone, as she doesn’t always share my enthusiasm for live-streamed church parliamentary procedure. #elcacwa25

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 27/07/2025

Ok, I’m legitimately impressed that I submitted my online passport renewal application on Sunday afternoon and received my new passport in the mail on Friday. Projected 4-6 week routine processing took less than a week!

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 05/07/2025

Love your neighbor. All your neighbors.

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 05/05/2025

May the 4th be with you. Happy Star Wars Day!

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 05/05/2025

My concession to Star Wars Day in worship this morning. #MayThe4thBeWithYou #pastorlife

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 30/04/2025

As I read report after report of the harm capricious tariffs are doing to businesses, it occurs to me, perhaps one person shouldn’t be totally responsible for setting arbitrary tariffs. Maybe we could get (elect?) a group of people together to work on it, perhaps from different parts of the country.

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 17/04/2025

Today is Maundy Thursday - what does “Maundy” mean? A quick explanation of this unusually titled day in the church year. Jesus calls us to love and humble service. #lutheran #holyweek #elca

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 15/03/2025

I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. -Ephesians 3:18-19 Happy #PiDay!

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 05/02/2025

As a pastor, l'll never tell my congregation who to vote for. But if saying all people are worthy of love and justice is political, if proclaiming migrants & refugees & transgender children & the poor are all made in God's image is political, then I'll be political. An excerpt from a sermon on Luke

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 21/01/2025

School cancelled because it’s too cold? Perfect occasion for a fun afternoon snack using free scoop coupons at Culver’s! #wisconsin

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 19/01/2025

Got to baptize a four and six year old today in worship. Welcome, children of God!

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 04/01/2025

This headline says something about the state of the world. Most clickbait headline ever? The world is ending, but maybe if I don’t subscribe I’ll be safe? What are the five articles Apple News ranks as a higher priority than the apocalypse?

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 21/12/2024

No L, No L. Not one single L. Born is the King of Israel.

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 10/12/2024

I did not directly initiate, construct, or fund any of these projects, but I’m grateful and proud that all three congregations I’ve served as pastor have completed significant projects focused on inclusion and welcome during my pastoral tenure. #pastorlife

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 05/12/2024

Thanks, blueskyroast.com. I aspire to live up to this description.

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 25/11/2024

Younger child dragged a box into the room, so they both stood in it. Happy rainy Monday!

Two young boys standing in a cardboard box

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 24/11/2024

Evidently there’s some rounding in Bluesky’s timestamps, or that was a very brief five minutes!

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 25/10/2023

I got to celebrate the baptisms of two teenagers in our congregation on Sunday at Christ the King Lutheran Church! #ministryhighlights #pastorlife #lutheran #elca #baptism

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 10/07/2023

What a great morning today worshipping in the park with both churches, baptizing Jonah, and celebrating with family and friends! Welcome, Child of God!

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 27/06/2023

Micah enjoying the fruits of our labor. Heard soon afterwards from Christin: “We don’t eat all the cookies at one time. We eat one today, and one tomorrow. We don’t eat all 17 cookies at one time.”

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Pastor Daniel Flucke @danielflucke.com · 19/06/2023

Micah at Culver’s, pictured shortly after his first bowl of custard fell upside down on the floor. Notice Grandma carefully holding this bowl! #toddlerlife

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