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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Jun 28, 20215 min read
Resurrection of Compassion
What is it like to put all your hope in one place? The crowds were everywhere. They heard about this teacher, this healer: Jesus. Some of...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Jun 21, 20216 min read
Presence and Promise of New Life
Wherever there is liberation, emancipation, freedom: Jesus is present. The presence makes real the promise of new life.
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Jun 14, 20217 min read
Seeds in the kin-dom of God
I believe we can participate in the kin-dom of God without any awareness of it, maybe even in spite of ourselves.
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Jun 6, 20216 min read
Kin-dom Family Values
If the will of God is about setting people free to love, then love is what makes a family.
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Jun 2, 20214 min read
Holy Trinity Sunday
Life in God, and life in the Trinity, is about participating in the dance of the Trinity to which you have been invited.
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
May 24, 20216 min read
The Holy Spirit Gets Your Attention!
The story of Pentecost is the story of bringing diverse people together...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
May 15, 20218 min read
The Disabled Body of Christ
Good morning! If you’re not here, raise your hand. I laugh every time I hear this at the start of a meeting—it’s funny because, if you’re...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
May 2, 20216 min read
"A Eunuch Births a Church"
... gender identity and gender expression, these are not incidental—this is part of who we are, part of how God created us...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Apr 25, 20217 min read
"What Does the Good Shepherd Look Like"
I’m not going to tell you that you have to pray the same way I pray. You don’t. Whatever image of God speaks most powerfully to your heart,
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Apr 11, 20216 min read
Put Your Hands On It!
Could it be that God is always loving and always reaching out to creation? If you really want something, you keep your hands on it.
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Apr 4, 20218 min read
Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
Alleluia! Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! This is our chant, our cheer for today! This day that overflows with...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Apr 1, 20213 min read
Good Friday - Sermon
God isn’t sitting back and letting this happen; God is the one hanging on the cross, experiencing the pain.
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Mar 31, 20215 min read
Maundy Thursday - Sermon
But instead of telling his followers to avenge his death, he washes their feet and commands them to carry on washing one another’s feet.
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Mar 22, 20217 min read
A Strange Glorification
What does glorification look like? Does it look like doing something worthy of praise, doing something deserving of a reward, such as an...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Mar 15, 20216 min read
Faith is Being Formed
Did you notice some familiar Bible verses just now? Perhaps many years ago, maybe during your confirmation class, you were required to...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Mar 7, 20216 min read
Sweet, table-flipping Jesus
I don’t know about you, but when Jesus shows up and starts flipping tables, I get nervous. It’s not that I disagree that some tables need...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Mar 2, 20216 min read
To Find Your Life
What are the turning points in your life? Take a moment to consider some of the places where your path changed dramatically. Maybe those...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Feb 18, 20215 min read
Dust to Beautiful Dust 2021
Ash Wednesday, in the year of our Lord 2021—who needs ashes right now after a year like we have had? Maybe it’s just as well that a polar...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Feb 15, 20216 min read
"Moments Worth Savoring"
To savor a moment is to look long, to drink in all of the experience, and then to remember it again and again, on purpose. What are the...
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Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Feb 8, 20217 min read
You DO Have a Prayer.
There is so much healing that needs to be done. After a year of Covid and isolation and sickness, political fights, protests for justice,...
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