Gethsemane Lutheran ChurchMay 8, 20226 minHell? No!Perhaps you also have heard that phrase—if you’re going through hell, keep going. In other words, don’t stop where you are.
Gethsemane Lutheran ChurchApr 3, 20229 minHoly CommunionMary of Bethany gives to Jesus an extravagant, expensive gift—pouring out fragrant oil upon Jesus’s feet and wiping his feet with her...
Gethsemane Lutheran ChurchMar 14, 20225 minUnder God's WingImagine 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...
Gethsemane Lutheran ChurchMar 7, 20225 minLent“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...
Gethsemane Lutheran ChurchFeb 28, 20227 minTRANSfigurationWhen Jesus was transfigured, no one said he was a different person. Christians confess that Jesus was fully human and fully divine; that...
Gethsemane Lutheran ChurchFeb 21, 20226 minSinging!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...
Gethsemane Lutheran ChurchFeb 14, 20225 minBe rooted in God's loveThere’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...
Gethsemane Lutheran ChurchJan 30, 20225 minSound HealingThe whole community was tense. There were conflicts about the right things to do, even disagreements about who was the true leader. ...