Christmas Eve, Pastor Bradley E. Schmeling
Luke 2:1-20 https://www.gloriadeistpaul.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/191224_004.mp3 A recent study caught my eye. A British telecom firm decided to make a correlation between the role children...
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Today’s scripture readings: Isaiah 52:7-10; Psalm 98; Hebrews 1:1-4; John 1:1-14 https://www.gloriadeistpaul.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019-12-25.mp3 Preaching on Christmas Day always feels like a...
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Luke 1:26-38 Dearly Beloved, I grew up in Cincinnati, a town so Catholic that my friends often asked if Lutherans believed in Jesus. And back in those days, in our Missouri Synod conservative...
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Today’s scripture readings: Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-20 Here we are. Christmas Eve. Actually, here we are not. I’m standing in the sanctuary at Gloria Dei, all alone, save for...
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John 1:1-14 A few years ago, Gloria Dei decided to dig into repairs of its building that had stymied several generations of facilities committees. Water seeped into hallways in the lower level, and...
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Luke 3:1-6 + Advent 2 + December 5, 2021 + Gloria Dei Lutheran Church + Pastor Bradley E. Schmeling This was infrastructure week. Here at Gloria Dei, most of the decorative material that hides the...
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Luke 1:39-55 I want to come back to the snakes. Last week, we heard John the Baptist call his listeners a “brood of vipers.” In the children’s sermon, I brought some rubber snakes that I used to hide...
View ArticleChristmas Day, Pastor Javen Swanson
Today’s scripture readings: Isaiah 52:7-10; Hebrews 1:1-4; John 1:1-14 Earlier in December I found myself in a conversation with an acquaintance of mine who works as a therapist here in the Twin...
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Matthew 3:1-12 The charge, “You brood of vipers,” is really what the United States and Iran threw back at each other this past week at the World Cup. The United States posted a revised image of the...
View ArticleChristmas Eve, Pastor Bradley E. Schmeling
Luke 2:1-20 A few weeks ago, the Gloria Dei staff went caroling to some of our homebound members, and then we came back for lunch and our annual white elephant gift exchange. At the afternoon...
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