Pr. Cheryl Walenta Gorvie Sermon - blog

Some things are worth waiting for.

God came to humanity out of love for us; could we possibly honor God by simply listening to one another?

This is the perfect time to be reminded that joy is not merely a nice feeling—joy is essential.

How do you face the truth of your SELF when you’re away from everything that reminds you who you are...

At some point, hope is a decision you make, a choice repeated over and over again, to trust in God’s goodness, God’s eternal power.

Integrity may get you nowhere in an unjust system, but it gets you everywhere in the reign of God.

"Parables aren’t easy to interpret, and just like swimming in deep water, it’s wise to proceed carefully & [...] don’t go out there alone."

When we are bold enough to share our common humanity and bow our hearts before God, our worship becomes a testimony to God’s power to unite,

God doesn’t change, but the world does. The Holy Spirit is always doing something new, so the church is always reforming...

Just don’t imagine that your lack of understanding is a liability in the presence of God. God knows we’re not perfect and loves us anyway.

The Ten Commandments seem pretty straightforward, right? Over the past several weeks, as we’ve been progressing through reading the...

...But can we learn something about God’s love from the visible excitement of a dog who welcomes you home with jumping and barking ...

The trouble with some parables is not that you cannot understand them, and today Jesus tells one such parable.

Liberation can be messy and painful work. Just like water can be life-giving and dangerous.

In these weeks of September, this season of creation, we’re looking at Scripture through the lens of what God has created.

One of my favorite all-camp games during my childhood years at church camp was called Romans and Christians. The campers were the...

Who speaks for you? Who do you trust enough that you would align yourself with someone else’s ideas? It’s complicated, right?

In the storms of life, which keep happening, God keeps showing up.

Listen carefully: the miracle is not the feeding of the five thousand men, besides women and children. This miracle is important enough...

Have you understood all this? Jesus asks his disciples. “Yes,” they say. Were the disciples lying to Jesus? “Yes, we understand all...