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...