Episodes
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The Scandal of Enough | 17th after Pentecost | Sep 20, 2026
Jesus tells a story that doesn’t seem fair: workers who labor all day receive the same wage as those who arrive at the very end. But what if the point isn’t fairness at all? In the parable of the workers in the vineyard, everyone receives enough. And in a world that spends enormous energy…
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Practice Being Human | 16th after Pentcost | Sept 13, ’26
Matthew 18:21-35 Practice Being Human Who Deserves Mercy? Forgiveness Takes Practice Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
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Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost | The Rub of Faith | August 30, 2026
The Rub of Faith Matthew 16:21-28 Peter Get behind me satan. Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost | She Would Not Go Away | August 16, 2026
She would not go away. No one is beneath God's concern. The woman who changed the story. Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
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Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost | Distracted by the Wind | August 9, 2026
Distracted by the wind. Keeping our eyes on Christ. The sound of sheer silence. Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost | Compassion, Not Calculation | August 2, 2026
Jesus versus our questions about scarcity, deservingness, eligibility, and limits. Just Begin — We don't have to know how the enormous problem will be solved before beginning. Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost | Outsized | July 26, 2026
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
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Sixth Sunday after Pentecost | July 5, 2026
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California Matthew 11:16-19,25-30 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
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4th Sunday after Pentecost | The Cost of Discipleship | June 21, 2026
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California The Cost of Discipleship Following Christ has a cost. Our whole lives. However, we are never alone. Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
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3rd Sunday after Pentecost | Go with Compassion | June 14, 2026
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California 3rd Sunday after Pentecost We are sent out to heal, feed, bring good news . . . and to do it with compassion . . . all as Christ did. Matthew 9:35-10:8
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2nd Sunday after Pentecost | What do you need?| June 7, 2026
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California As we enter Ordinary Time more fully, we find people in desperate need who turn to Jesus. Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26
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Holy Trinity | Our Commission | May 31, 2026
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California We have been commissioned by Christ for work in the world. We are called to bring good news to all people and continue Christ's work of feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and teaching all that he has commanded.
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Pentecost | Go in Peace | May 24, 2026
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California The Day of Pentecost | John 20:19:23 We are called to share the peace of Christ in our homes, communities, nation, and world through the forgiving of others, and to recognize our own need to be forgiven.
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Easter 6 | Whose Command? | May 10, 2026
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California Sixth Sunday after Easter | John 14:15-21 Jesus command that we love one another supersedes all commands placed on us from any authority. We are called to love one another.
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Easter 5 | The Way Home | May 3, 2026
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California Fifth Sunday after Easter | John 14:1-14 I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. The Way Home
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Easter 3 | April 19, 2026
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California Third Sunday after Easter | Luke 24:13-35 The Road to Emmaus We journey together in this life, seeing Christ in the breaking of bread.
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Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California Easter Sunday | Matthew 28:1-10 Grace and hope when we've already decided that it's not possible . . . . and faith as the core of what we are made around as human beings.
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Holy Week 2026 | It’s Time
April 2 - 5, 2026 brings us to The Great Three Days of Holy Week, 2026. All are welcome . . . YOU are welcome. Go to www.gracepa.org for service details.
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Lent 5 | March 22, 2026 Gospel & Sermon
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California Fifth Sunday of Lent | John 11:1-45 Lazarus Raised from the Dead Called by name to work with Christ in the unbinding of this world . . . that we all might become more fully the human beings God has created us to be.
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Lent 4 | March 15, 2026
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California Fourth Sunday of Lent | John 9:1-41
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Lent 2 2026 | John 3:1-17
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California Second Sunday of Lent | John 3:1-17
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Transfiguration 2026 | Matthew 17:1-9
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California The Transfiguration of Our Lord | Matthew 17:1-9
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Ash Wednesday | February 18, 2026
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California Ash Wednesday Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
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Epiphany 4 | February 1, 2026
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany | Matthew 5:1-12
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Epiphany (Observed) | January 4, 2026
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California Epiphany of Our Lord | Matthew 2:1-12
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Christmas Day | December 25, 2025
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California Christmas Day Sermon | Luke 2:1-20
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Advent 4 | December 21, 2025
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California Fourth Sunday of Advent | Matthew 1:18-25
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Advent 1 | November 30, 2025
Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto, California First Sunday in Advent | Matthew 24:36-44
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