Holy Communion
Mary of Bethany gives to Jesus an extravagant, expensive gift—pouring out fragrant oil upon Jesus’s feet and wiping his feet with her...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Mar 13, 2022
- 5 min
Under God's Wing
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...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Mar 7, 2022
- 5 min
Lent
“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...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Feb 28, 2022
- 7 min
TRANSfiguration
When Jesus was transfigured, no one said he was a different person. Christians confess that Jesus was fully human and fully divine; that...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Feb 21, 2022
- 6 min
Singing!
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...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Feb 14, 2022
- 5 min
Be rooted in God's love
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...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Jan 30, 2022
- 5 min
Sound Healing
The whole community was tense. There were conflicts about the right things to do, even disagreements about who was the true leader. ...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Jan 16, 2022
- 7 min
Baptism of Our Lord
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...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Jan 10, 2022
- 7 min
Epiphany
Perhaps you thought Christmas was over. That was weeks ago! But today we continue the season of Christmas, which goes on for twelve...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Dec 20, 2021
- 7 min
Advent 4
This year is my first Christmas holiday season in St. Louis, and this is also my first time experiencing the traditions of Gethsemane...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Dec 13, 2021
- 6 min
Rejoice!
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!...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Dec 6, 2021
- 6 min
Politics in Church!
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...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Nov 22, 2021
- 5 min
Reign of Christ
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! ...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Nov 8, 2021
- 5 min
All Saints
We are sinners and Christ makes us saints, and we receive this truth with humility, undeserving of God’s grace.
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