Pr. Cheryl Walenta Gorvie Sermon - blog

When I first read this part of the Bible about stepping on snakes and scorpions and not getting hurt, I was amazed. During the summers...

What the children are doing: We just heard a really strange story from the Bible about a prophet named Elijah, and being a prophet is an...

Exorcising the demon. Jesus pulls up to the country of the Gerasenes on a boat. It isn’t far from where he grew up, but it might have...

Every year, following the week-of-weeks of Easter when we remember the resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ, and after the feast of...

Master P was in St. Louis for a performance last weekend, and to promote the show, he gave an interview ahead of time. He was asked what...

Perhaps you also have heard that phrase—if you’re going through hell, keep going. In other words, don’t stop where you are.

Mary of Bethany gives to Jesus an extravagant, expensive gift—pouring out fragrant oil upon Jesus’s feet and wiping his feet with her...

Sermon from March 27, 2022

Sermon from Sunday, March 20

Imagine the thing you most want in the world, and God promised you would get that very thing, and then God didn’t deliver. Or God didn’t...

“Worship the Lord your God, and serve only God.” God is God, and you are not. Maybe, just maybe, it’s not so bad being human. “Worship...

When Jesus was transfigured, no one said he was a different person. Christians confess that Jesus was fully human and fully divine; that...

How can I keep from singing? Can we any longer silence our voices from singing? Were you ever the type to make jokes about Lutherans...

There’s only been one time in my life when I was jealous of a tree. I had just moved to Japan as a missionary with the Evangelical...

Jesus said, “Do not be afraid; from now on, you will be catching people.” I don’t know about you, but the idea of catching people sounds...

The whole community was tense. There were conflicts about the right things to do, even disagreements about who was the true leader. ...

Children’s sermon: I wish we could gather here together at the front of the church, and let you get really close to the altar and see...

Perhaps you thought Christmas was over. That was weeks ago! But today we continue the season of Christmas, which goes on for twelve...