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Christ In All Things
by Pastors Lance O'Donnell and Jason Schockman
Most of us have a fascinating story if anyone bothered to listen. At Christ In All Things we bother to listen. We have fun doing it. We take God seriously, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We have to *bleep some things now and then, and we roll our eyes at each other now and then, but when you listen to Christ In All Things, you’ll find common people who rejoice in the uncommon moments animated by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Episodes
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Liturgy and the American Teenager part 2
Our guest, Rev. Allen Strawn, has a unique perspective as the pastor serving Calvary Lutheran Chapel on the campus of the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He regularly interacts with students from a wide range of liturgical backgrounds and shares with us what he has observed, and how a…
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Liturgy and the American Teenager part 1
Our guest, Rev. Allen Strawn, has a unique perspective as the pastor serving Calvary Lutheran Chapel on the campus of the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He regularly interacts with students from a wide range of liturgical backgrounds and shares with us what he has observed, and how a…
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St. Paul's Young Adult Mission Education Experience Debrief part 2
We sat down with the team of young adults that just returned from the Dominican Republic. They went to visit our missionary partners for a mission education experience. This conversation really just touches the surface of what they experienced, Listen for how what they learned and experienced as...
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St. Paul's Young Adult Mission Education Experience Debrief
We sat down with the team of young adults that just returned from the Dominican Republic. They went to visit our missionary partners for a mission education experience. This conversation really just touches the surface of what they experienced, Listen for how what they learned and experienced as...
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Don and Karen Meyer Part 2 REPOSTED from our first season of Christ in All Things
This is “Part 2” of our interview with Don and Karen Meyer. June is “Biblical Marriage Month” at St. Paul’s. It is a celebration of God’s design for marriage, even as it is lived out in the brokenness of this world. Christ is “in all things.” (Col 1.17) He is in marriages that are thriving, and…
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Don and Karen Meyer. REPOSTED from our first season on Christ in All Things
June is “Biblical Marriage Month” at St. Paul’s. It is a celebration of God’s design for marriage, even as it is lived out in the brokenness of this world. Christ is “in all things.” (Col 1.17) He is in marriages that are thriving, and in marriages that are struggling. He says, “My sheep hear my...
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Biblical Marriage Month: Remembering Marcus and Carolyn Pankow part 2
Celebrating Biblical Marriage Month, several members of the St. Paul's Marriage Ministry team gathered to remember one of the founding couples of the St. Paul's Marriage Ministry Team. This is part 2 of that conversation. Marcus and Carolyn Pankow served the church for most of their lives. Marcus...
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Biblical Marriage Month: Remembering Marcus and Carolyn Pankow part 1
Celebrating Biblical Marriage Month, several members of the St. Paul's Marriage Ministry team gathered to remember one of the founding couples of the St. Paul's Marriage Ministry Team. Marcus and Carolyn Pankow served the church for most of their lives. Marcus as a teacher and Principal, Carolyn...
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Margie Hertneky part 2
Meet Margie Hertneky, who this year completes 42 years of teaching in Lutheran Schools, the last 32 here at St. Paul's Lutheran School, Oconomowoc WI. As Margie prepares to retire at the end of the school year, we couldn't think of a better interview to share with you listeners. This "warrior...
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Margie Louise Hertneky part 1
Meet Margie Hertneky, who this year completes 42 years of teaching in Lutheran Schools, the last 32 here at St. Paul's Lutheran School, Oconomowoc WI. As Margie prepares to retire at the end of the school year, we couldn't think of a better interview to share with you listeners. This "warrior...
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"One Baptism" and Confirmation
At St. Paul’s the first Lord’s Day in May is “Confirmation.” In this episode we talk about what confirmation is for Lutherans. We address the questions asked—and promises made—in confirmation. As listeners will hear, there is a deep connection between the third article of The Nicene Creed and...
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Liturgy and Evangelism, a Conversation
Buckle up. This might be the most important episode we've recorded in three seasons of Christ In All Things. “’Liturgy and Evangelism,’ a Conversation” is deeply theological and personal for both pastors here. It’s about being lost and being found by Christ. The conversation flows from “Liturgy…
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Liturgy and Evangelism by Dr. Kurt Marquardt
Welcome to “Liturgy and Evangelism by Dr. Kurt Marquardt.” In this episode you’ll hear a personal introduction to the late +Rev. Dr. Kurt Marquard+ by Pastor Lance O’Donnell, which became—much to his surprise—a deeply emotional live-mic moment. We decided to leave it because it helps provide a...
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Meet Rev. Dr. Ross Shaver. Part 2
What a joy it was to talk with Ross Shaver! In Part 2 of this interview, which was recorded shortly before the Shavers deployed for their missionary work in the Dominican Republic. This episode is really an extended discussion of pastoral and missionary formation. It is an insight into the unique...
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Meet Rev. Dr. Ross Shaver. Part 1
Rev. Dr. Ross Patrick Shaver is a missionary and theological educator with the Dominican Republic Lutheran Mission. We, at Christ In All Things, have had this in the hopper for some time and are pleased to finally publish it. This episode was recorded just before he and his family deployed to the...
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Meet Al Mueller. Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of our interview with Alfred Paul “Al” Mueller. This episode continues the previous discussion about servant leadership; in particular, about Al’s parents and family. You’ll hear a classic “Al and Kathy” courtship story. You’ll hear some beautiful reflections about the Mueller’s...
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Meet Al Mueller. Part 1
Back in the day at St. Paul’s, Alfred Paul “Al” Mueller was known for giving “a little elbow” to someone who ran the baseline too vigorously in the men’s pick-up basketball games. You’ll find a different Al in this interview: gentle, deeply thoughtful, thankful, at rest of soul in Christ. A…
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Meet Kathy Jane Mueller. Part 2
Part 2 of our interview with Kathy Jane Mueller centers in the importance of worship in the Christian life. Kathy—in her own charitable and humorous way—helps us understand how following Christ into active participation in the congregation is important. As Kathy notes, when you make yourself...
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Meet Kathy Jane Mueller. Part 1
Listeners might remember Kathy Jane Mueller from episodes 94-95, when she sat alongside her mother, Ruth Polcha, for her Christ In All Things interview. We’re very excited to have Kathy back to talk about her own journey in Christ. As you will hear, Kathy blends a great reverence for Christ, a…
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The Salutation is NOT a Holy Howdy. Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of “The Salutation is Not a Holy Howdy.” As our guest, Rev. Dr. Timothy Quill notes, when—as a pastoral greeting—The Salutation is given, “the knot of love between pastor and people is strengthened.” We speak about how and when the pastor is to speak The Salutation, and we move...
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The Salutation is NOT a Holy Howdy. Part 1
When the Pastor says, “The Lord be with you,” and the congregation responds with, “And with thy spirit” it is NOT the way the church says, “Hello,” even though it is often treated as such. That back and forth is called, "The Salutation.” As our special guest, liturgical scholar, Rev. Dr. Timothy...
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The Nicene Creed in Public Worship part 2
This is Part 2 of our interview with Rev. Timothy Winterstein regarding the Nicene Creed in the life of the Church. We discuss how God is working things together in Christ and see how God used some of the human development to lead the Church toward a unified, orthodox confession of Christ.…
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The Nicene Creed in Public Worship. Part 1
2025 was the 1700th anniversary of the orthodox church’s confession of faith that we call the “Nicene Creed.” During the fall and early winter of 2025 Pastor Jason Schockman taught a class—and preached an Advent sermon series—at St. Paul’s—Oconomowoc based on the book Worshiped and Glorified: A...
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Holy Humor: Pastor's Kids, Part 2
Pastor’s families have some unique challenges, and sometimes challenging crosses to bear. They also have unique privileges and unique situations for joy and laughter. We hope you enjoy “Holy Humor: Pastor’s Kids, Part 2.” Kind of perfect that this is the 100th episode of Christ In All Things!...
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Holy Humor: Pastor's Kids, Part 1
Laughter is a great gift of God, and laughing at ourselves is a healthy part of a faithful, Christian life. Because St. Paul’s has a number of pastor’s kids in the congregation we thought it would be fun to give a few of them an opportunity to laugh and tell stories (That can be told in public…
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Meet Mimi Gebel. Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of our interview with Mimi Gebel, who was born in 1928. What a vibrant and generous and resolute Christian soul she is! Her interview is a fascinating window into German and German-American culture, including the almost “arranged” relationship with a boy named Wally, who became...
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Meet Mimi Gebel. Part 1
“Mimi” Gebel was born in the Year of Our Lord, 1928. Just the exploration of her five names was an adventure, and—as it often is—revealing. We laughed at the story of why she is “Mimi” and we loved the discovery of how her names reveal both a personal history and a gradually revelation of her...
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Meet Ruth Polcha. Part 2
“This boy kept coming over to my house, and my father told him not to come over any more. But then he went off to war…” So begins Part 2 of our interview with centenarian, Ruth Polcha, and so begins the beautiful love story between a faithful Slovak Lutheran named Edward Polcha and—you guessed…
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Meet Ruth Polcha. Part 1
This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation with centenarian Ruth Polcha. This interview is a window into a humble and faithful Christian family. Ruth is a relatively new member of St. Paul’s, but through her daughter’s family, she has a long connection to us. Her daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and...
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Liturgical Hospitality part 2
We have a deep conviction that a consistent, Scripture-based order of service, or “liturgy”—especially sung liturgy—is better for the faith-formation of all ages. You see, the Divine Service—the Word and Sacrament worship of the Church—is a wedding feast. It is the “marriage supper of the Lamb,”...
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Liturgical Hospitality
We have a deep conviction that a consistent, Scripture-based order of service, or “liturgy”—especially sung liturgy—is better for the faith-formation of all ages. You see, the Divine Service—the Word and Sacrament worship of the Church—is a wedding feast. It is the “marriage supper of the Lamb,”...
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Leadership Reflections on "Reflecting Christ: What Does 'Stewardship' Mean?" Part 3 of 3
In this episode, St. Paul’s congregational leaders Matt Dinnauer (elders) and Alec Heffern (finance) discuss “What Does ‘Stewardship’ Mean?,” the third and final part of our “Reflecting Christ” series with the Rev. Dr. Nathan Meador. As in the responses to Parts 1 and 2, you’ll hear genuine “Aha”...
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Reflecting Christ. Part 3 of 3: What Does "Stewardship" Mean?
“What stewardship is not is ‘what you do’. What it is is who you are.” As Dr. Nathan Meador reminds us in Part 3 of our “Reflecting Christ” series on Christian stewardship, we are created and redeemed by Jesus Christ as God’s stewards. It is something we observe, but it is activity that flows…
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"Sons of the Resurrection" Sermon for 2025-11-09
Christians are “sons of God, being sons of the resurrection” (Luke 20:36), for the Lord our God “is not God of the dead, but of the living” (Luke 20:38). “Those who deny that there is a resurrection” (Luke 20:27) neither know the Scriptures nor the power of God, but the baptized faithful know…
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"Uniquely Loved" Sermon for All Saints Day (Observed) 2025-11-02
“A great multitude … from all tribes and peoples and languages” cry out, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne” (Rev. 7:9–10). Uniquely loved, Faith-filled saints from every place and time with unified voices eternally magnify the Lamb of God. As His beloved children, we, too…
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Meet Tom and Bernita Krenzke. Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of our interview with Tom and Bernita Krenzke, a fascinating and wonderful Christian couple. In this part of the interview we go more deeply into the key influences on their marriage, including how their cross-cultural training for missionary work also proved to be great…
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Meet Tom and Bernita Krenzke. Part 1
In honor of St. Paul’s annual marriage retreat that occurs in November, it is our pleasure to introduce you to Tom and Bernita Krenzke. They met as Lutheran elementary school teachers in Canada and we talk about the Godly vocation of Lutheran school teacher and how formative Lutheran churches and...
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"Designed for Godly Freedom" Sermon for Reformation Sunday 2025-10-26
Jesus Christ dwells eternally in His resurrected flesh, setting us free to live in hope and glorify God in our bodies.The true disciple of Jesus doesn’t just “dwell under the house” of His Word, as it were, it’s that the disciple “stands in complete trust” in His Word. And we—Christ’s...
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"Cross the Jabbok" Sermon 2025-10-19
In Christ we are reconciled to God. His call to reconciliation is a call to wrestle with Him in prayer, to trust, and to follow. Jesus taught “The Parable of the Persistent Widow (Lk 18.2-8) so that we might learn “. . . always to pray and not lose heart.” (Luke 18:1, ESV) That’s a big deal…
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Leadership Reflections on "Reflecting Christ: Of What Are We Stewards?"
In this episode we hear congregational leaders reflect on Part 2 of our stewardship series with Rev. Dr. Nathan Meador, “Reflecting Christ: Of What Are We Stewards?” Our guests are Paul Junio and Dale Stratil. Paul is St. Paul’s 2nd Vice-President. Dale is teaching a series of classes on...
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Reflecting Christ. Part 2 of 3. Of What Are We Stewards?
“Of What Are We Stewards” is Part 2 of our “Reflecting Christ” series on Christian stewardship with Rev. Dr. Nathan Meador. In this episode, Dr. Meador talks about the consequences of what he calls “the first stewardship crisis,” leading us to THE most important thing of which God has entrusted…
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"Remember Christ Jesus" Sermon 2025-10-12
“Remember Jesus Christ.” This is where we look, this is where we turn, when the suffering looks too daunting. Remember Jesus Christ. This is the remembering of faith, to recall the one in whom you put your trust and your hope. Where can we go to for the strength to do this? The person of Jesus...
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"The Righteous Running in Faith" Sermon for 2025-10-05
We live by Faith, and run in the righteousness of Christ’s Forgiveness We are surrounded by“destruction and violence”(Hab. 1:3) because the Law“is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth”(Hab. 1:4). In fact, the Law cannot rescue us from ourBabylon; thepower of theenemy, the world, or our own...
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The Catechetical Life
The Catechetical Life is an “audio brochure” of sorts. (It is based upon a brochure that Pastor O’Donnell wrote.) It is intended both to teach and to be a means of evaluating one’s family and congregational life. With a little bit of humor, we teach about life in the Church. We teach the…
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"Lord God of Sabaoth" Sermon for St. Michael and All Angels (09-28-2025)
We live in “a time of trouble” (Dan. 12:1), in the midst of great tribulation. Satan and his wicked angels have been thrown out of heaven and have come down to earth “in great wrath,” with woeful “temptations to sin” and with constant accusations (Rev. 12:8–12; Matt. 18:7). Even so, we are...
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Leadership Reflections on "Reflecting Christ: Stewardship as Identity"
We asked St. Paul’s congregational leaders, John Nelson and Dale Stratil, to listen to Episode 77, “Reflecting Christ: Stewardship as Identity,” before its publication. John is currently serving as St. Paul’s 1st VP, and Dale is currently teaching a Bible class on stewardship. In this episode, we...
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Reflecting Christ. Part 1 of 3. Stewardship as Identity
So often when we think about “stewardship,” we think about our money, our time, our talent. We think about what we do. But stewardship is not, fundamentally, about our “activity.” It’s about Christ, what HE has done for us, and what HE is doing in and through us. Stewardship is about Christ, His...
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"Look to the Cross and Lift it High" (Sermon 09-14-2025)
St. Paul's member, Rev. Dr. Richard Thompson is our guest preacher this Holy Cross Sunday. The observance of Holy Cross Day occurs every year on September 14th. Holy Cross Day has stood as a monument and touchstone for nearly eighteen centuries encouraging believers to confess “Christ Crucified.”...
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"A Radical Mercy" (Sermon 09-07-2025)
Christ gives a radical mercy to us, and calls from us—in His Name—the same. The call of Christ is absolute. He is God. He is worshipped as God by the magi (Mt 2.11). He is worshipped as God after His resurrection, by the disciples (Mt 28.17) Thus, the First Commandment applies in our worship…
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Jacob and Delores: A Love Story
We believe that a consistent, Scripture-based order of service, or ‘liturgy’—particularly sung liturgy—is better for the faith-formation of all ages. We believe that Jacob and Delores: A Love Story presents powerful evidence for that conviction. In this episode you’ll hear Season Two’s Jacob’s...
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Most of us have a fascinating story if anyone bothered to listen. At Christ In All Things we bother to listen. We have fun doing it. We take God seriously, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We have to *bleep some things now and then, and we roll our eyes at each other now and then, but when you listen to Christ In All Things, you’ll find common people who rejoice in the uncommon moments animated by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Pastors Lance O'Donnell and Jason Schockman
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