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title: "Pastor Tony"
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original_url: https://www.lutheranindianministries.org/reflections/category/Pastor+Tony
section: reflections
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# Stories of Reflection, Restoration and Renewal

[![A 5th Grader's Big Question](images/5b9644f3-pastor-tony-5th-graders-question-hero-wide.jpg)](/reflections/gods-kindness-re65y)

[Pastor Tony](/reflections/category/Pastor+Tony)
Gary Ricke
2/16/26

[Pastor Tony](/reflections/category/Pastor+Tony)
Gary Ricke
2/16/26

# [A 5th Grader's Big Question](/reflections/gods-kindness-re65y)

Pastor Tony visits a fifth-grade class to address the difficult question of why Satan still causes chaos despite Christ's victory on the cross, explaining that while Jesus definitively won the war, a defeated Satan "still rages" and tries to recruit followers on earth before his final ultimate defeat.

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[![God’s Kindness in the Dead-Still Season](images/8a1ae50b-ChatGPT_Image_Feb_2__2026__04_36_46_PM.jpg)](/reflections/gods-kindness)

[Pastor Tony](/reflections/category/Pastor+Tony)
Gary Ricke
2/2/26

[Pastor Tony](/reflections/category/Pastor+Tony)
Gary Ricke
2/2/26

# [God’s Kindness in the Dead-Still Season](/reflections/gods-kindness)

Even when your faith feels “dead still,” God’s perfect plan—relationship grounded in grace—holds firm, and His kindness (remembered especially through baptism) gently leads you to turn back toward His warmth.

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[![Living in God's Perfect Plan: A Message from the Trees](images/24167cf0-pastor-tony-hero-wide-trees.jpg)](/reflections/a-message-from-the-trees)

[Pastor Tony](/reflections/category/Pastor+Tony)
Gary Ricke
1/13/26

[Pastor Tony](/reflections/category/Pastor+Tony)
Gary Ricke
1/13/26

# [Living in God's Perfect Plan: A Message from the Trees](/reflections/a-message-from-the-trees)

Pastor Tony reflects on a profound question about God's will, using the simple metaphor of trees in a forest to reveal that living in God's perfect plan isn't about what we do, but about who we are as His children.

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