Pr. Cheryl Walenta Gorvie Sermon - blog

This year is my first Christmas holiday season in St. Louis, and this is also my first time experiencing the traditions of Gethsemane...

Today the good news is not coming from excited pregnant women, full of hope about what the future will bring. No cute baby stories today!...

What the children are doing: tomorrow is the feast day of St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, a real person who loved Jesus and served Jesus by...

Children’s sermon: Today marks the last Sunday of the church year, which we call the liturgical year. So it’s like New Year’s Eve! ...

We are sinners and Christ makes us saints, and we receive this truth with humility, undeserving of God’s grace.

Is it really possible to give thanks and praise to God in all times and in all places? Even in grief, even in trauma?

“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asks. You might remember he asked this same question in last Sunday’s Gospel lesson. Last...

God gave to us a wealth of many different talents! Which is great because then I don’t have to be good at everything. And neither do you.

Today is one of those days that it would be nice to just leave out some parts of Scripture, right? There, I said it. For some of us,...

The rabble among them had a strong craving: we’re tired of being isolated! They said. We remember the fun we used to have, at leisurely...

When Jesus was teaching his disciples, perhaps there was a time when they thought they were there to take in the lessons, to receive...

How many of you grew up in a household where you weren’t allowed to say “shut up?” How many of you adapted your language to a code word...

Who do you want to be? What kind of person do you want to be? Do your actions line up with your intentions?

God is with us and wants to be part of us, individually and as a group. .... This is the good news for all creation.

“You that are simple, come on in!” says Wisdom. “I’ve prepared food for you. Donuts and coffee, freshly-brewed,” Wisdom might say. But...

Do we trust God enough to give away whatever we have in our hands and trust that God knows exactly what to do with it?

This past week our congregation held a Vacation Bible School—we often call it “VBS”—to welcome little children. Children remain the...

When you see the wreaths and the poinsettias, you know something is coming. Usually that something is Christmas. Christmas, and the...

The Word of God is strong enough to withstand scrutiny and challenges.

What is it like to put all your hope in one place? The crowds were everywhere. They heard about this teacher, this healer: Jesus. Some of...