From the Desk of Our Pastors
blog, Encouragement, Features, Pastor David Dahl
Love In Chaos Pt 2
In order for you and me to understand the chaos in our world, we need to understand the chaos within us. When we’re willing to be courageous enough to embrace our own stuff, the door...
blog, Features, Pastor David Dahl
A Season of Jubilee
Our “Summer of Joy” takes us squarely through the season of parades, sidewalk sales and brat fries. This is a season of celebrations. Celebrations are a wonderful way to openly thank God for freedom, safety...
blog, Features, Pastor David Dahl
Looking UP
As I was getting ready for bed, one of my daughters wanted to talk. I indulged her, and she talked without stopping for over 2 hours! A listening ear can be our most valuable possession....
blog, Church, special-events
Faithlife App Bridges A Gap
Can’t scan the code?Open a web browser and go to fl.vu/f OR download the app by searching for “Faithlife” in the Play Store or App Store. It’s FREE!! Join our church group1. Download the Faithlife...
blog, Pastor David Dahl
Jesus Teaches and Heals
“I’m stuck and I’ll need a pull.” It was a distress call from a hunter who had gotten himself into a “pickle”. His four-wheel drive truck met its match when he tried to navigate a...
blog, Pastor David Dahl
Right Now Media Solutions
We continue to face concerns that isolate us. The political situation pulls us one direction & then another motivating us to point fingers at each other. We want to open every opportunity for you to...
blog, Pastor Scott Mann
Back to School Blessings
While we realize that we all have differing opinions as to how to provide Christian education in these interesting times, we do have a common goal. All of us want to pass our faith on...
blog, Pastor Scott Mann
Choose Life
I made a joke that my time of Sabbatical was supposed to be a time of rest but afterward I looked in the mirror and noticed that I did not look very rested. But the...
blog, Features, Pastor David Dahl
In Times Like These
This time in our country is unprecedented. Trying to do life, church, and community during the Covid-19 pandemic is a new challenge. The staff and Church Council of Gloria Dei are determined to help you...
blog, Pastor Scott Mann
Baptism of the Holy Spirit
Do you remember the date of your baptism? For most of us who were baptized as infant, it is not a date you recall. It is not like your birthday, which everyone knows immediately. It...
blog, Features, Pastor David Dahl
How Do We Follow God in an Angry Culture?
Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12 “I don’t even watch the news anymore. I can’t take...
blog, Features, Pastor Scott Mann
No Other gods Before Me
I read an article the other day about idolatry. It’s a word you don’t hear much in casual conversation and the article talks about what an idol really is. It was written by Jennifer Slattery,...
blog, Pastor David Dahl
Do Not Lose Heart
“Getting old is not for sissies.” Aches and pains and sorrows pester us and try to take center stage in our conversations. But there is a blessing to growing older. Experience brings a bigger perspective....
blog, Pastor David Dahl
The Big Reveal
11 While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened. 12 After the priests had assembled with the elders, they devised a plan...
blog, Pastor Scott Mann
Take Time to Pray
Here we are and the Lenten season is almost over and soon Easter will be here with all of its promise and beauty. I pray that Spring is a true blessing to each of you...
blog, Pastor David Dahl
The Last Words of Christ
Our last words carry weight. You feel it at these moments: When leaving the house to go to work When heading off to war When reading the last page of an autobiography When breathing your...
blog, Pastor Scott Mann
How to Be Strong
As I get older, I find it harder and harder to keep up my physical strength. Things I used to do with ease are not so simple anymore. How can I develop a spiritual strength...
blog, Pastor David Dahl
When the Right Time Came
During my short lifetime, I have witnessed the advent of the personal computer or PC, the change from green screens to full-color flat panel screens, from figuring out what the printout is going to look...
blog, Pastor Scott Mann
The Fear of the Lord
Wisdom isn’t a word you probably hear very often in casual conversation. It may not be a word you’ve heard very often lately, period. So, what is wisdom? And why is it so important to...
blog, Pastor David Dahl
Pray for Guidance for the New Year
Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. (Zechariah 4:6b) The problem with resolutions is that they include a “forever” commitment. We’re going to lose weight, exercise more,...