Pr. Cheryl Walenta Gorvie Sermon - blog

Wherever there is liberation, emancipation, freedom: Jesus is present. The presence makes real the promise of new life.

I believe we can participate in the kin-dom of God without any awareness of it, maybe even in spite of ourselves.

If the will of God is about setting people free to love, then love is what makes a family.

Life in God, and life in the Trinity, is about participating in the dance of the Trinity to which you have been invited.

The story of Pentecost is the story of bringing diverse people together...

Good morning! If you’re not here, raise your hand. I laugh every time I hear this at the start of a meeting—it’s funny because, if you’re...

... gender identity and gender expression, these are not incidental—this is part of who we are, part of how God created us...

I’m not going to tell you that you have to pray the same way I pray. You don’t. Whatever image of God speaks most powerfully to your heart,

Could it be that God is always loving and always reaching out to creation? If you really want something, you keep your hands on it.

Alleluia! Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! This is our chant, our cheer for today! This day that overflows with...

God isn’t sitting back and letting this happen; God is the one hanging on the cross, experiencing the pain.

But instead of telling his followers to avenge his death, he washes their feet and commands them to carry on washing one another’s feet.

What does glorification look like? Does it look like doing something worthy of praise, doing something deserving of a reward, such as an...

Did you notice some familiar Bible verses just now? Perhaps many years ago, maybe during your confirmation class, you were required to...

I don’t know about you, but when Jesus shows up and starts flipping tables, I get nervous. It’s not that I disagree that some tables need...

What are the turning points in your life? Take a moment to consider some of the places where your path changed dramatically. Maybe those...

Ash Wednesday, in the year of our Lord 2021—who needs ashes right now after a year like we have had? Maybe it’s just as well that a polar...

To savor a moment is to look long, to drink in all of the experience, and then to remember it again and again, on purpose. What are the...

There is so much healing that needs to be done. After a year of Covid and isolation and sickness, political fights, protests for justice,...

"...I was a stranger and you welcomed me…” –Jesus (Matthew 26: 35) What a difference a welcome makes! Every time I go somewhere and...