Pr. Cheryl Walenta Gorvie Sermon - blog

First things first: if you came here today with a grieving heart, carrying any kind of grief, you need to know one thing: you are allowed...

If Jesus ever advocated for taking a moment to stop and smell the roses and look at the beauty of the flowers, to enjoy the sensory...

Be reconciled.  Maybe you’ve also heard that theme from this section of Second Corinthians: “if anyone is in Christ, there is a new...

Lent always starts this way, with the story of Jesus in the wilderness for 40 days, just after his baptism in the Jordan River.  So maybe...

I suspect that we have showed up here today because, on some level, we’re willing to work on ourselves.  Not that Ash Wednesday is a...

It is a holy moment when everything clicks into place, when things make sense while making no sense—like falling in love.  These kinds of...

Here’s what the children are doing as they gather at the front: Guess what, everybody!  I need your help with an economics lesson.  Did...

Let’s be honest: at some point, having faith in God means having faith that something good is gonna happen.  And you expect that you’re...

Maybe you have been wondering lately: Why can’t preachers just know their place?  I want to share with you some words from a Scripture...

Where are you shining your light in the world?

Annual meeting day is usually about how we come together as the body of Christ.  The business of the church is holy business.  I’ve heard...

Happy New Year?  Just as we were ready to return to our routines, refreshed and exuberant, here comes the snow.  And more snow.  And we...

How many of you, by show of hands, got excited last Tuesday when it was finally December 17th and we entered the season of the “O...

How do you determine what really matters in life?  Do you ever take time in silence, away from the noise of life and news and pop-up...

God’s Word doesn’t change, but the world does.  In times of big change, people of faith cling to the un-changing God

Jesus says, “Nation will rise against nation and country against country”—disasters caused by humans—"there will be earthquakes in...

What are we doing here today?  In particular, Gethsemane Lutheran Church—what does this church exist for?   The stewardship team did not...

What’s it like to be “not far from the dominion of God?”  Is it the same as being within  the dominion of God?  Or is it like standing...

Jesus asks, “What do you want me to do for you?”  How would you answer?  Would you assume it’s obvious—why should I have to say it,...

Where are you on “the way”?  Jesus has been explaining what it means to follow him as a disciple, and it’s not so much a syllabus to...