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"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."
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Nov 4, 20234 min read
As it is in Heaven
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,
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Oct 28, 20237 min read
Catholic: the churchy word for “inclusive”
God doesn’t change, but the world does. The Holy Spirit is always doing something new, so the church is always reforming...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Oct 14, 20234 min read
Understanding is overrated.
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.
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Oct 7, 20238 min read
Establishing the Rules
The Ten Commandments seem pretty straightforward, right? Over the past several weeks, as we’ve been progressing through reading the...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Sep 30, 20236 min read
Season of Creation: Animals
...But can we learn something about God’s love from the visible excitement of a dog who welcomes you home with jumping and barking ...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Sep 23, 20236 min read
Season of Creation: FOOD
The trouble with some parables is not that you cannot understand them, and today Jesus tells one such parable.
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Sep 16, 20234 min read
Season of Creation: WATER
Liberation can be messy and painful work. Just like water can be life-giving and dangerous.
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Sep 9, 20237 min read
Season of Creation: COSMOS
In these weeks of September, this season of creation, we’re looking at Scripture through the lens of what God has created.
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Aug 26, 20235 min read
What do you say?
One of my favorite all-camp games during my childhood years at church camp was called Romans and Christians. The campers were the...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Aug 19, 20236 min read
Family disputes
Who speaks for you? Who do you trust enough that you would align yourself with someone else’s ideas? It’s complicated, right?
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Aug 12, 20235 min read
Connecting Bible Stories
In the storms of life, which keep happening, God keeps showing up.
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Aug 5, 20237 min read
A Miracle of Grace
Listen carefully: the miracle is not the feeding of the five thousand men, besides women and children. This miracle is important enough...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Jul 29, 20235 min read
Have you understood all this?
Have you understood all this? Jesus asks his disciples. “Yes,” they say. Were the disciples lying to Jesus? “Yes, we understand all...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Jul 22, 20235 min read
Children of the kin-dom
Shine light, be who you are, and let the good grow. God is paying attention.
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Jul 8, 20236 min read
Family Stories
God’s not out there making tally marks of good deeds but delighting in relationship with you, and all the rest of the family.
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Jul 1, 20237 min read
God will provide.
After graduating college, I lived in Tokyo for a couple of years as a missionary with the ELCA. I got to live in a huge, exciting city,...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Jun 24, 20235 min read
Bird Watching
St. Louis is a wonderful place for watching birds: songbirds and migratory birds, sure, and with all the rivers around, there are also...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Jun 17, 20235 min read
Keep on moving!
Shake the dust from your feet. Easier said than done. I confess, sometimes it takes me a while to shake the dust from my feet, to let...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Jun 10, 20234 min read
A Call from God: Live Now
When Jesus says “Follow me,” it is not just a simple matter of obedience to do stuff the right way.
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