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Grace in Community

Grace in Community

By: Community Lutheran Church
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 The podcast of Community Lutheran Church in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, with weekly episodes every Monday featuring the sermons of Pastor Matthew Anderson. You may find transcripts, along with visuals from the sermon as they are available, here: https://clcrsmsermons.wordpress.com/ Join us in person at 9am Sundays! Find information about the church at clcrsm.org.Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Christianity Social Sciences Spirituality
Episodes
  • Vapor Management

    Vapor Management
    Aug 5 2025

    Texts: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14, 2:18-23; Luke 12:13-21

    Series: Messy Spirituality

    “All is vanity and a chasing after the wind,” says the teacher in the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes. Another translation of the word for vanity is "vapor." If everything created is vapor - here today and gone tomorrow - then we must place our trust in what is not created. In the midst of the vapor of this world, there is only one who holds weight; only one who can be our anchor.
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    17 mins
  • 7-27-25 Adiaphor-what?

    7-27-25 Adiaphor-what?
    Jul 29 2025

    Texts: Colossians 2:6-19, Luke 11:1-13

    It can be tricky - messy, even - to figure out what most deserves our focus in following Jesus. There's a concept from the Lutheran tradition that can be helpful in this discernment. It's called adiaphora. Listen to hear more, and to help set your priorities in following Jesus.
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    22 mins
  • 7-20-25 Fruit is Messy

    7-20-25 Fruit is Messy
    Jul 23 2025

    Text: Luke 10:25-37

    Series: Messy Spirituality

    Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan illustrates that loving others is challenging and complex work. We are called to bear fruit – and fruit is messy! But there are such blessings in the mess. Are you willing to get messy?
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    18 mins
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