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What else is new?
I give you a new commandment, Jesus says: love one another. We’ve heard this before, right? It isn’t even new. “Love your neighbor as...
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Good Shepherd Sunday
I just happened to be at my desk on Thursday when my friend sent me a message to alert me to the white smoke in the Vatican, signaling...
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May 116 min read
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153 fish
There’s always something new to notice when you open Scripture and seek God’s Word. Sometimes the Holy Spirit will point this out to you...
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May 44 min read
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Bring your grief and your scars.
First things first: if you came here today with a grieving heart, carrying any kind of grief, you need to know one thing: you are allowed...
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Apr 206 min read
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Be human, for God’s sake.
If Jesus ever advocated for taking a moment to stop and smell the roses and look at the beauty of the flowers, to enjoy the sensory...
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Apr 64 min read
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Lost and found
Be reconciled. Maybe you’ve also heard that theme from this section of Second Corinthians: “if anyone is in Christ, there is a new...
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Mar 303 min read
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Withstanding the test
Lent always starts this way, with the story of Jesus in the wilderness for 40 days, just after his baptism in the Jordan River. So maybe...
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Mar 98 min read
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Between Intention and Action
I suspect that we have showed up here today because, on some level, we’re willing to work on ourselves. Not that Ash Wednesday is a...
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Mar 56 min read
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We all want something beautiful.
It is a holy moment when everything clicks into place, when things make sense while making no sense—like falling in love. These kinds of...
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Mar 25 min read
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What grace is that to you?
Here’s what the children are doing as they gather at the front: Guess what, everybody! I need your help with an economics lesson. Did...
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Feb 239 min read
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Good News you can use
Let’s be honest: at some point, having faith in God means having faith that something good is gonna happen. And you expect that you’re...
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Feb 167 min read
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Where have all the prophets gone?
Maybe you have been wondering lately: Why can’t preachers just know their place? I want to share with you some words from a Scripture...
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Feb 98 min read
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Candlemas
Where are you shining your light in the world?
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Feb 28 min read
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The business of faith
Annual meeting day is usually about how we come together as the body of Christ. The business of the church is holy business. I’ve heard...
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Jan 265 min read
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Piece of the Puzzle
Happy New Year? Just as we were ready to return to our routines, refreshed and exuberant, here comes the snow. And more snow. And we...
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Jan 127 min read
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O Antiphons
How many of you, by show of hands, got excited last Tuesday when it was finally December 17th and we entered the season of the “O...
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Dec 22, 20247 min read
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What really matters
How do you determine what really matters in life? Do you ever take time in silence, away from the noise of life and news and pop-up...
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Dec 8, 20244 min read
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God Is My Fuehrer
God’s Word doesn’t change, but the world does. In times of big change, people of faith cling to the un-changing God
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Nov 24, 20247 min read
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This is the Beginning
Jesus says, “Nation will rise against nation and country against country”—disasters caused by humans—"there will be earthquakes in...
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Nov 17, 20246 min read
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A Future With Hope
What are we doing here today? In particular, Gethsemane Lutheran Church—what does this church exist for? The stewardship team did not...
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Nov 10, 20247 min read
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