seeking: who sinned?
It’s kinda sad that humans are so skilled at asking all the wrong questions. The story in John’s Gospel of the man born blind is a...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Mar 12
- 8 min
Will You Give Me A Drink
This past Wednesday was International Women’s Day, a time to celebrate women around the world as they advocate and agitate and legislate...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Mar 5
- 5 min
How do we begin again?
There is a science to awe. Not “aw” as in “aw shucks” or “aw that’s too bad,” but awe, as in wonder or reverence or admiration or...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Feb 26
- 7 min
seeking: who will you listen to?
When Jesus was baptized, publicly affirmed by the voice of God, you might think that would be a kind of high point that would be a...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Feb 22
- 4 min
Is this the fast that I choose?
Perhaps you have noticed the questions—during Lent, every week when we gather for worship on Sundays and on Wednesdays, there will be a...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Feb 19
- 5 min
Welcome, Wonder
Perhaps you have noticed some interesting new words in the liturgy we’re using today, the words we use for worship. Most of these words...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Feb 5
- 10 min
Repairing the Breach
WHAT ARE THE CHILDREN DOING? Today we heard a strange word in the reading from the Old Testament. The prophet Isaiah said that when you...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Jan 29
- 6 min
A Church With Purpose
A couple of weeks ago, our local newspaper, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, had a feature article with this title: “Revived for New...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Jan 22
- 6 min
Prophetic Discipleship
Repent, Jesus says, and then he starts organizing. The reign of heaven is not a rhetorical device, not an imaginary place...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Jan 8
- 6 min
Wear Your Forgiving Pants
Welcome back after the holidays! It’s a new year, we celebrated in some way, maybe gathering with loved ones, enjoying favorite...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Dec 24, 2022
- 6 min
The Light Shines in the Darkness
Because the light we carry here in worship is a symbol for us of the light of Christ that shines in our souls. And that’s what we will carr
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Dec 13, 2022
- 6 min
The Magnificat
“Among those born of women,” Jesus says, as if that doesn’t include every single human person who has ever lived. “Among those born of...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Dec 4, 2022
- 4 min
Prepare the way of the Lord. It starts with a bulldozer, whose name is John the Baptist.
When John the Baptizer appears in the wilderness, baptizing for the repentance of sins, he is preparing the way of the Lord. He’s not...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Nov 27, 2022
- 5 min
Keep Awake
What are the children doing? Today I brought with me some ways to measure time. · Sand timer—if this was bigger, it might be...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Nov 20, 2022
- 6 min
What Holds Us Together?
Water is powerful, but it’s everywhere, so it’s easy to take water for granted. Which sounds to me kinda like Jesus...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Nov 13, 2022
- 5 min
What Came First? God.
You ever find yourself reading along in the Bible and suddenly you notice—HEY, I KNOW THOSE WORDS. THOSE ARE SONG LYRICS. This happened...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Oct 16, 2022
- 8 min
How to Persist in Faith
Where do you get the energy to keep going? Who else has had to put up with day after day of bad news?
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Oct 9, 2022
- 6 min
Healing in Community
This Gospel lesson makes me wonder. Who is worthy of healing? Is it the people who suffer the most pain, or whose suffering is most...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Oct 2, 2022
- 8 min
Creation 3
The question isn’t whether you have enough faith; the question is: do you have a relationship of trust with a loving God?
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Sep 25, 2022
- 9 min
Creation 2
What are the children doing? I want to do an experiment—can you all help me? I have all these boingy things, and I’m going to give...
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