12th Sunday After Pentecost, Pastor Bradley E. Schmeling
Luke 12:32-40 The top story in the “Star Tribune” on Wednesday began this way: Angela Martin knew something was dangerously wrong Monday evening when she saw the stranger climb onto a concrete wall and...
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Matthew 4:12-23 I’ll admit I’m mystified by ice fishing. It amazes me to see the ice houses pop up on Lakes Nokomis and Harriet. It amazed me even more last week to see a Chevy Suburban out on Lake...
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Matthew 5:13-20 If you’re afraid, this sermon is for you. If you’re grieving, this sermon is for you. If you’re ashamed of something no one can ever know about, this sermon is for you. If you’re...
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Matthew 5:38-48 Audio recording above right at microphone icon We need to get outside the box this morning, so I’m going to get out of the pulpit. Today’s gospel text contains some of the most quoted...
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Matthew 28:1-10 When my nieces were 13 and 10, we took them to New York City to see The Lion King. I asked them both, “What do you want to do while you’re in the city?” The youngest, Olivia, said, “I...
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Matthew 28:16-20 Don’t sit down. Put your books down. Breathe with me for a minute. Breathe in. Raise your hands while you take in the oxygen that feeds your cells. Exhale. Let your hands follow...
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Matthew 24:24-39 She said it would change my life. I had seen it in the case for months: A Caramel Bar.I’ve avoided it for a long time, figuring that if I’m going to La Patisserie, the little bakery...
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Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Audio recording available by clicking on the microphone upper right. Today that preached sermon varies somewhat from the text on paper. Karoline Lewis, a professor at Luther...
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Matthew 14:22-33 Audio available above right at the microphone icon. It was Sunday at 8: 15 a.m. I knew the prelude was about over. The procession would be lining up. All of you were in the room....
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John 8:31-36 http://www.gloriadeistpaul.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/171029_001.mp3 I was at a breakfast on Thursday morning for Interfaith Action of St. Paul. (http://interfaithaction.org) It had...
View ArticleFirst Sunday of Christmas, Pastor Bradley E. Schmeling
Luke 2:22-40 http://www.gloriadeistpaul.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/171231_001.mp3 In the last month, as I’ve driven to church or to run errands I listened to my Christmas playlist. For some...
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Mark 9:2-9 http://www.gloriadeistpaul.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/180211_001.mp3 The best thing that can ever happen to you is for a child to come and pull on your sleeve and say, “I wanna show you...
View ArticleFifth Sunday of Easter (Confirmation), Pastor Bradley E. Schmeling
John 15:1-11 http://www.gloriadeistpaul.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/180429_002.mp3 We lost one last year. When confirmation was finished, and we gathered on the front steps for the official picture...
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John 15:9-17 http://www.gloriadeistpaul.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/180506_001.mp3 Gregory of Nyssa was a bishop and theologian in the fourth century. He died in 395 CE. He said, “We consider...
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http://www.gloriadeistpaul.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Z0000004.mp3 Mark 6:1-13 I’ve gotten stuck in the traffic circles in Washington D.C. I would get stuck in the inside lane, going around and...
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Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 http://www.gloriadeistpaul.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Z0000007.mp3 A couple of months ago, I spit into a little tube to discover who I really am. This week, I received the...
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Mark 10:35-45 http://www.gloriadeistpaul.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/181021_002.mp3 At home, when we need a good cry, we watch an episode of “This is Us.” I promise I’m not going to spoil the last...
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Matthew 2:1-12 http://www.gloriadeistpaul.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/190106_002.mp3 I started my year with the return of Mary Poppins. Not a bad way to begin with its reminder that the most...
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Luke 4:14-21 + Epiphany 3 + January 27, 2010 + Gloria Dei Lutheran Church http://www.gloriadeistpaul.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/190127_002.mp3 [This background paragraph to be given before the...
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5th Sunday after Epiphany, Pastor Bradley E. Schmeling
Luke 5:1-11 http://www.gloriadeistpaul.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/190210_002.mp3 On Wednesday this week, I grumbled as I drove to Minnetonka on snowy streets, the GPS taking me on all back roads....
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