September 25, 2022
16th Sunday after Pentecost, Pastor Bradley E. Schmeling
Luke 16:19-31 More than twenty years ago, I traveled to Fes’, Morocco, for the World Sacred Music Festival. The heart
September 18, 2022
15th Sunday after Pentecost, Pastor Javen Swanson
Today’s scripture readings: Amos 8:4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13 Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor and theologian
August 28, 2022
12th Sunday after Pentecost, Pastor Bradley E. Schmeling
Luke 14:1,7-14 <screen picture of dinner at Alburgue, St. Jean pied de port> This was the first dinner on the
April 3, 2022
Fifth Sunday in Lent, Pastor Bradley E. Schmeling
John 12:1-8 I went to bed too early on Sunday night. I missed the most dramatic moment of the Oscars
January 16, 2022
Second Sunday after Epiphany, Pastor Bradley E. Schmeling
John 2:1-11 When I was in graduate school, I waited tables at a restaurant that had a banquet room that
December 5, 2021
2nd Sunday of Advent, Pastor Bradley E. Schmeling
Luke 3:1-6 + Advent 2 + December 5, 2021 + Gloria Dei Lutheran Church + Pastor Bradley E. Schmeling This
September 20, 2021
17th Sunday after Pentecost, Pastor Javen Swanson
Today’s scripture readings: Jeremiah 11:18-20; Psalm 54; James 3:13–4:3, 7-8a; Mark 9:30-37 Two summers ago, our denomination became the country’s first “sanctuary church
August 16, 2021
Mary, Mother of Our Lord; Pastor Javen Swanson
Today’s scripture readings: Isaiah 61:7-11; Psalm 34:1-9; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 1:46-55 I made it through the entire reading of that Gospel lesson without
July 11, 2021
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Pastor Bradley E. Schmeling
Mark 6:14-29 If you’ve visited any art museum, you’ve no doubt seen a rendering of today’s gospel text. From Caravaggio
April 4, 2021
Easter Day, Pastor Bradley E. Schmeling
Mark 16:1-8 Maybe Mark needs to go to writer’s school? Isn’t this the most unsatisfying end to a story you