Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - Cincinnati
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God provides peace in the midst of our pain | Pastor Lorne Hlad
April 15, 2024 15:53 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB“We are called just like Jesus to go into the world to find hurting, wounded people that feel alone, afraid, scared, rejected, and to show them that we have felt those same things.” – Pastor Lorne Hlad This week, Pastor Lorne explores the ways that God provides peace in the midst of the challenging and painful moments of our lives.
God Provides Community in Our Struggles | Pastor Alex Hoops
April 10, 2024 18:24 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MB“There’s no story of resurrection that doesn’t involve community” – Pastor Alex Hoops This first week of “Life Lines: Finding Hope When Life Feels Hopeless”, Pastor Alex explores how God provides community to journey with us when we have doubts and struggles.
The Story’s Not Finished | Pastor Alex Hoops
March 31, 2024 15:36 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MB“I hope we leave this place having heard the story of death becoming a story of life and love winning.” – Pastor Alex Hoops On this Easter Sunday, Pastor Alex encourages us to remember that the story of Christ’s power & love changing this world is still being written.
What True Glory Looks Like | Pastor Lorne Hlad
March 29, 2024 16:47 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MB“Glory looks like humble, never seen, often overlooked service.” – Pastor Lorne Hlad In this Maundy Thursday sermon, Pastor Lorne explores how the example of Jesus challenges our idea of what true glory looks like.
Christ is with us | Pastor Lorne Hlad
March 24, 2024 16:19 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MB“The cross should make us tremble in our very hearts because it’s God’s definitive sign that God with go to any length to prove to the world that God is with us, that God is for us, that God loves us.” – Pastor Lorne Hlad In this week’s sermon, Pastor Lorne explores the power of what it means that Christ died on the cross not just for us, but also with us.
From Head to Heart | Pastor Lorne Hlad
March 18, 2024 15:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MB“I don’t wish for wake up calls in my life and I don’t wish for them in your life. And yet, they have the power to transform us into a deeper, more obedient space where we actually learn to trust God.” – Pastor Lorne Hlad As we conclude our Lenten Journey, The Shift, Pastor Lorne explores how wake-up calls in our lives can help us shift our faith from something that we experience in our heads to something that is lived out through our hearts.
From fear from God to freedom in Christ | Pastor Alex Hoops
March 11, 2024 20:37 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MB“Our mission as a people of God is not motivate by fear, but by a freedom that we are called to alleviate the suffering of our brothers and sisters.” – Pastor Alex Hoops As we continue our Lenten Worship Series, The Shift, Pastor Alex explores how we called to shift our perspective away from being fearful of God and instead to a freedom in Christ that calls us to love & serve our neighbors.
From Ritual to Relationship | Pastor Alex Hoops
March 04, 2024 17:25 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MB“We aren’t here just for rituals – we’re here for a relationship with God and one another.” – Pastor Alex Hoops As we continue our Lenten Worship Series, The Shift, Pastor Alex asks us to look beyond the rituals of our faith lives and see the places God is inviting us into a deeper relationship with Him and those around us.
From Playing it Safe to Pursing God's Mission | February 25, 2024 Sermon
February 26, 2024 16:40 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MB“You see, the life of following Jesus is always a pathway of losing our life, so that we can find it – dying the self and arising anew with God.” – Pastor Lorne Hlad As we continue our Lenten Worship Series, The Shift, Pastor Lorne explores how Jesus invites us to shift our perspective from living a life that is safe, to one that purses God’s mission to restore the world with love & grace.
From Someday to Today | February 18, 2024 Sermon | Lent 1
February 21, 2024 23:37 - 18 minutes - 17 MB“I believe God wants us to show up present today as if we believed today matters – because we know that it does.” – Pastor Lorne Hlad During our first weekend of Lent, Pastor Lorne explores how Jesus calls us to shift our perspective from living life for someday to living life today.
The Uncertainty of Life & Certainty of Death | Ash Wednesday Sermon
February 16, 2024 18:25 - 17 minutes - 16 MB“Who or what are the treasures that hold your heart? What are the hopes, the dreams, the values that are worth living for in your life?" – Pastor Lorne Hlad In his Ash Wednesday sermon, Pastor Lorne encourages us to look the uncertainty of life and certainty of death in its face by remembering that God cares deeply about each and everyone of us. And that we may be encouraged to know that we do not walk this life alone and how we bring God’s love into the world matters.
Go Tell the Story | Back to Basics Week 5
February 12, 2024 18:50 - 17 minutes - 16 MBGo Tell the Story | Back to Basics Week 5 “Jesus didn’t say “go convince everybody of what I said”. He said, “go tell the story”. That’s our job: to tell the story. [To] witness to the Gospel." – Pastor Alex Hoops In this week’s sermon, Pastor Alex encourages us to remember our mission to be a witness to the resurrection so that others may know God’s amazing grace & love in their lives.
Be a Witness to God | Back to Basics Week 4
February 05, 2024 15:53 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MB“Think about all of those things that you’ve suffered – maybe some of which nobody else knows about. And here you are. And yet you show up. You see, when we open ourselves up to others and tell them our stories of death and in the ways God has made us with new life, we bring healing into the world”. – Pastor Lorne Hlad In this week’s sermon, Pastor Lorne reminds us that there is a power in telling our story so that others may hear our witness to how God has made us new during the darker ...
Generosity Of Spirit | Back to Basics Week 3
January 29, 2024 15:53 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MB“The challenge for us is to face all situations and ask: how does my character reflect that same spirit of generosity; that God’s love is beyond our understanding, beyond measure.” – Pastor Alex Hoops In this week’s sermon, Pastor Alex asks us how we are being called to adopt a generosity of spirit so that we are more fully open to the ways God is calling us to work in the world.
Getting Back to Basics | Back to Basics Week 2
January 22, 2024 17:08 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MB“We have a story of God who so loved the world that he would draw close to humanity, walk alongside humanity, speak into people’s lives and tell them you are not alone.” – Pastor Lorne Hlad In this week’s sermon, Pastor Lorne encourages us to go back to the basics of the early church so that others may live transformed lives through God’s amazing grace, forgiveness, welcome, and love for all people.
January 14, 2024 - Sermon
January 16, 2024 22:16 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MB“We are better as a church together.” – Pastor Alex Hoops In this week’s sermon, Pastor Alex reminds us that gathering together is fundamental to our identity as a church.
Baptism Is A Beginning | January 7, 2024 Sermon
January 08, 2024 16:53 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB“You have been given this love – this mark, this identify as a person of God – and God is going to use you to change the world for good, in love and mercy and forgiveness.” – Pastor Alex Hoops In this past week’s sermon, Pastor Alex reminds us that our baptisms are not the destination of our journey, but rather a starting point as we seek to better live into how God is calling us to share the Good News and change the world.
Answering God’s Call | December 31, 2023 Sermon
January 02, 2024 20:24 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MB“You see, our calling is to be like Mary. It’s to be like Joseph. We are not the Christ, but we a have role to play in bringing that love, that life, that hope into maturity.” – Pastor Lorne Hlad In this past week’s sermon, Pastor Lorne invites us to sit with the Christmas story a little longer and examine how Mary and Joseph’s answer to God’s call can inspire us to live out our own unique calling in our lives.
The Gift of Jesus | Christmas Eve 2023 Sermon
December 26, 2023 18:58 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MB“So, people of God, people of good courage, this Christmas…my prayer is that your heart would be wrapped in God’s love and that the wrapping would be so beautiful, so pure, so full of light, that you couldn’t help but share that promise with somebody in need.” – Pastor Lorne Hlad On Christmas Eve, Pastor Lorne encourages to share the gift of Jesus – and his love, hope, and compassion - with the people in our lives.
God is With Us in Our Calling | December 24, 2023 (Advent 4) Sermon
December 26, 2023 18:17 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MB"God doesn’t call the equipped, God equips the called.” – Pastor Alex Hoops In this week’s sermon, Pastor Alex reminds us that regardless of our fears and worries about what God is calling into, God is with us and will equip us for the journey ahead.
God is with us in the darkness | December 17, 2023 Sermon
December 18, 2023 15:46 - 15 minutes - 14 MB"Darkness is part of the journey – God is with you.” - Pastor Lorne Hlad In this week’s sermon, Pastor Alex reminds us that we are called to follow God’s light in the darkness and to help point towards it when others cannot yet see.
God is with us in our preparing | December 10, 2023 Sermon (Advent 2)
December 10, 2023 19:19 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MB"We are blessed to be a blessing.” - Pastor Lorne Hlad In this week’s sermon, Pastor Lorne invites us to see the ways God is with us as we are called to use His gifts to bless and feed those around us.
God is With Us in Our Waiting | God With Us | December 3, 2023 Sermon | Advent 1
December 04, 2023 16:24 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MB"Are we aware that now is important and that now includes the holy act of waiting?" - Pastor Alex Hoops In this week’s sermon, Pastor Alex reflects on what it means to use this time of waiting to better connect with God’s presence in our lives.
Love One Another | November 26, 2023 Sermon
November 26, 2023 20:23 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MB“Let me say it one last time: let us always love one another, for that is what our Good Shepherd has called us to do” – Pastor Patricia Badkey In her final sermon at Good Shepherd on this Christ the King Sunday, Pastor Pat reminds us of our call to continually be faithful through our words and actions so that people can see God’s kingdom breaking through the world.
Practicing Gratitude | Thanksgiving Sermon
November 22, 2023 14:28 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MB“We’re invited, like the leper, to have eyes wide open looking for the things that we can be grateful for. Gratitude and reasons to be grateful are all throughout our lives – but I think sometimes we just don’t have the perspective to see them.” – Pastor Lorne Hlad. In this special Thanksgiving worship, Pastor Lorne encourages us to take time this Thanksgiving to consider what it means to practice gratitude in our lives.
With Grateful Hearts | November 19, 2023 Sermon
November 19, 2023 19:04 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MB“We are called to do what [Pastor] Pat has taught us to do: to walk alongside, to bring our oil, to share God’s blessings, so that all the world might know that the God you worship, the Lord you’ve served, is magnified right in this world.” – Pastor Lorne Hlad In this week’s sermon, as our community prepares to wish Godspeed to Pastor Pat and celebrate her 34 years of ministry at Good Shepherd, Pastor Lorne thanks Pastor Pat on behalf of a grateful congregation.
The Communion of Saints | November 5, 2023 Sermon
November 06, 2023 17:49 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MB“But you are the living saints and the Light of Jesus shines through each of you.” – Pastor Patricia Badkey In her penultimate sermon before she retires from Good Shepherd, Pastor Pat reminds us that we are beloved children and saints of God.
Following Jesus Reforms What True Freedom Means | October 29, 2023
October 29, 2023 20:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB“The doorway to our freedom has to be opened by somebody else.” – Pastor Lorne Hald In this final week of the Reforming Life series, Pastor Lorne explores how true freedom can only be found by letting go of what captivates us and living into God’s abundant grace and love.
Following Jesus Reforms Our Relationship to Money | October 22, 2023 Sermon
October 23, 2023 14:03 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MB“Money is not something to be cared for and protected, but rather something that can be used.” - Pastor Alex Hoops. In this week’s sermon, Pastor Alex challenges us to examine the ways we are being called to use the gifts we’ve been given to further God’s Kingdom.
Following Jesus Reforms Our Sight | October 15, 2023 Sermon
October 16, 2023 13:41 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MB“Do we see what Jesus sees?” – Pastor Alex Hoops In this week’s sermon, Pastor Alex reminds us that Jesus reforms our sight so that we may see the people who God is calling us to share His love & grace with.
Following Jesus Reforms How We Define Success | October 8, 2023 Sermon
October 09, 2023 16:59 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MB"Notice that our cultural definition of success is rarely what we create, what we produce, how we share, how we bless...but following Jesus - it refines our definition of success" - Pastor Lorne Hlad. This week, Pastor Lorne challenges us to reform our definition of success towards one of generosity, grace, and love. #gslc #elca #lutheran #cincinnati #sermon #goodshepherd
Following Jesus Reforms Our Ego | October 1, 2023 Sermon
October 02, 2023 14:15 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB“I want you to think about how your life – unique to you – needs to be reformed”. – Pastor Lorne Hlad In this first sermon of the “Reforming Life” series, Pastor Lorne explores how following Jesus reforms our minds towards a posture of love, peace, and humility.
God’s Radical Generosity | September 24, 2023 Sermon
September 24, 2023 21:37 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MB“We have all probably stood at the end of the line - being the last person to be hired - dependent on God’s grace, kindness, and generosity in our lives” – Pastor Patricia Badkey. In this week’s sermon, Pastor Pat reminds us that God’s love & grace is something that is for all people, no matter how much work we do or when we come to know God in our lives.
The Power of Forgiveness | September 17, 2023 Sermon
September 18, 2023 15:50 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MB“We should forgive – not just to be like God – but because God is about…ending all this suffering & harm that we can exhibit on others” – Pastor Alex Hoops. In this week’s sermon, Pastor Alex reminds us that we have the capacity to reduce suffering & pain through our practice of forgiveness.
The Power of Grace | September 10, 2023 Sermon
September 10, 2023 18:12 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MB“I have come to learn, that what actually changes people’s lives is, when instead of punishment, they receive grace.” – Pastor Lorne Hlad In this week’s sermon, Pastor Lorne reminds us that we are a people that are called to share forgiveness, love, and grace with the people in our lives.
Being Both Sinner & Saint | September 2, 2023 Sermon
September 04, 2023 00:22 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB“When we get off course, we screw-up, we mess-up - all that we need to do is put a hand forward and once again be fed” – Senior Pastor Lorne Hlad In this week’s sermon, Pastor Lorne reminds us that God’s abundant love is not conditional based on our successes or failures.
Called to Change the World | August 30, 2023
August 30, 2023 22:31 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MB“God means to change the world” – Pastor Alex Hoops Reconnect with this past weekend’s sermon where Pastor Alex asks us where we are being called to follow Jesus and share the light of God with the world. Listen to this and past sermons at https://goodshepherd.com/sermons
Outsiders Welcome | August 20, 2023 Sermon
August 20, 2023 20:20 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MB“It’s not fun feeling like an outsider” – Pastor Patricia Badkey In this week’s sermon, Pastor Pat reminds us that Jesus’ message and healing power is for all people – including you.
Weathering Life's Storms
August 13, 2023 18:56 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MB“Pray with your arms!” – Pastor Lorne Hlad In this week’s sermon, Pastor Lorne reflects on what it means to weather life’s storms by remembering that Jesus is never far away. Learn more about Good Shepherd at https://goodshepherd.com/
Multiplying Your Gifts | August 6, 2023 Sermon
August 07, 2023 18:40 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MB“How are we going to take what God has given us to do something miraculous?” – Pastor Alex Hoops In this week’s sermon, Pastor Alex reflects on how God takes our gifts of food, money, and abundance and does miraculous things with it.
Everything | July 30, 2023 Sermon
August 06, 2023 16:13 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBDo you know what God loves about you? Everything. Pastor Lorne Hlad preaches on what it means to know God loves everything about you – even with all of your faults, failings, and mistakes. Worship with Good Shepherd each week on Saturdays at 5 pm, Sundays at 9 am (Contemporary), and Sundays at 11 am. Sundays live streamed at https://goodshepherd.com/worship.
Are you wheat or weed? | July 23, 2023
July 23, 2023 19:34 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MB“If God is letting weeds growing amongst the wheat, it must be good news” – Pastor Alex Hoops. In this week’s sermon, Pastor Alex shares how Jesus invites us to be more concerned with growing wheat and less concerned with removing weeds. Hear the full sermon at https://goodshepherd.com/sermons.
Are you wheat or weed? | July 23, 2023 Sermon
July 23, 2023 19:34 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MB“If God is letting weeds growing amongst the wheat, it must be good news” – Pastor Alex Hoops. In this week’s sermon, Pastor Alex shares how Jesus invites us to be more concerned with growing wheat and less concerned with removing weeds. Hear the full sermon at https://goodshepherd.com/sermons.
Sowing Seeds of Love | July 16, 2023 Sermon
July 16, 2023 19:09 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MB"There is a call in this parable for us to mimic God and be lavish sowers with our lives too." – Pastor Pat Badkey. In this past week’s sermon, Pastor Pat reflects on the “Parable of the Sower” and encourages us to lavishly share God’s grace & love with the people we encounter in our lives.
Finding Rest On The Way | July 9, 2023 Sermon
July 09, 2023 18:41 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MB“This isn’t to say that we shouldn’t have goals and dreams and destinations to achieve. But it’s to say in order to get “there”, we need to figure out how to rest here.” – Pastor Lorne Hlad As we continue "On the Way" with Jesus this summer, Pastor Lorne reminds us that it is just as important to find rest as it is to discern where God is calling us to work in the world.
The Importance of Hospitality | July 2, 2023 Sermon
July 03, 2023 18:41 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MB“The Kingdom of God looks like a race volunteer handing a thirsty runner a cold cup of water” – Pastor Lorne Hlad In this week’s sermon Pastor Lorne explores how Jesus calls us to share hospitality with those around us – even if that’s just a cold cup of water.
Do not fear for God is with you | June 25, 2023 Sermon
June 25, 2023 15:39 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MB“We do not need to fear as we follow Jesus in a bold and brave way” – Pastor Patricia Badkey In this week’s sermon, Pastor Patricia Badkey preaches on how following Jesus may cause tension in our friendships & relationships. And in those moments, she encourages us to remember that all of us are beloved children of God, we should respect all people, and we do not need to fear for God is with us.
Called Towards Compassion | June 18, 2023 Sermon
June 20, 2023 23:38 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MB“If God defines God’s self as compassionate, we as God’s people should be compassionate as well” – Pastor Alex Hoops. This week Pastor Alex explores the how the emotion of compassion spurs Jesus to help people and how we are called to model that compassion in our own lives.
Share Love & Grace To Those Around You | June 11, 2023 Sermon
June 12, 2023 18:53 - 18 minutes - 17 MB"Every day, we get lost & Jesus finds us. Every day we are made new." - Pastor Lorne Hlad. Hear this week's sermon where Pastor Lorne reflects on how every day is a new opportunity to live out our calling as disciples of Christ and share love, grace, and mercy to those that we encounter when we are "On the Way" with Jesus.
The Trinity is a Relationship | June 4, 2023 Sermon
June 05, 2023 19:33 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MB“[The trinity] isn’t an equation…what it is - the Trinity - is a relationship” – Pastor Alex Hoops Pastor Alex invites us to move past the explanation for how the Trinity works and instead consider the ways the Trinity is inviting us into a relationship with Him and those around us.