Pr. Cheryl Walenta Gorvie Sermon - blog

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...

This year is my first Christmas holiday season in St. Louis, and this is also my first time experiencing the traditions of Gethsemane...

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!...

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...

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! ...

We are sinners and Christ makes us saints, and we receive this truth with humility, undeserving of God’s grace.

Is it really possible to give thanks and praise to God in all times and in all places? Even in grief, even in trauma?

“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asks. You might remember he asked this same question in last Sunday’s Gospel lesson. Last...