How can you build a meaningful and satisfying life?
In these reflections, Sheri D. Kling, Ph.D. hopes to help people find the stories at the center of their own lives. Since October 1, 2023, Sheri has been serving as the interim minister of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Bradenton, Florida, and posts her sermons from each week. Besides her sermons, Sheri writes about wholeness, spirituality, dreams, and transformation.
The Promise of Joy
Sunday, December 15, 2024 - Zephaniah 3:14-20, Isaiah 12:2-6, Philippians 4:4-7, Luke 3:7-18
Preparing the Way
Sunday, December 8, 2024, 2nd Advent - Gospel Luke 3:1-6, also Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 1:68-79, Philippians…
Signs of the Times
Sunday, December 1, 2024, First Sunday of Advent - Luke 21:25-36, also Jeremiah 33:14-16, Psalm…
A Different Kind of King
Sunday, November 24, 2024 - Mark 12:38-44, also 1 Kings 17:8-16, Psalm 34:1-8, Hebrews 9:24-28.
The Path of Life
Sunday, November 17, 2024 - Mark 12:38-44, also 1 Kings 17:8-16, Psalm 34:1-8, Hebrews 9:24-28.
Giving Everything They Had
Sunday, November 10, 2024 - Mark 12:38-44, also 1 Kings 17:8-16, Psalm 34:1-8, Hebrews 9:24-28.
Kindness, Devotion, and the Power of Love
Sunday, November 3, 2024 - Mark 12:28-34, also Ruth 1:1-18, Psalm 146, Hebrews 9:11-14
Selflessness, Service, and Deep Gladness
Sunday, October 20 2024 - Mark 10:35-45, also Isaiah 53:4-12, Psalm 91:9-16, and Hebrews 5:1-10.
The Rich Man’s Mystery
Sunday, October 13, 2024 - Mark 10: 17-31, also Amos 5:6-7, 10-15, Psalm 90:12-17, and…
What Being Lutheran Means to Me
I was recently asked what I thought being Lutheran was all about. Here's my ever-evolving…
Craving the Past, Salted with Fire
Sunday, September 29, 2024 - Mark 9:30-37 also Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29, Psalm 19:7-14, James…
The Pull of God’s Love
Sunday, September 22, 2024 - Mark 9:30-37 also Jeremiah 11:18-20, Psalm 54, James 3:13—4:3, 7-8a
Too Many Tongues, Not Enough Ears
Sunday, September 15, 2024 - Mark 8:27-38 also Isaiah 50:4-9a, Psalm 116:1-9, James 3:1-12
Erasing the Lines
Sunday, September 8 - Mark 7:24-37 also Isaiah 35: 4-7a, Psalm 146, James 2:1-10 [11-13]…
Love and the Time of Singing
Sunday, September 1, 2024 - Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23, also Song of Solomon 2:8-13, Psalm…
Flesh, Blood, and Spirit
Sunday, August 25, 2024 - John 6:51-58, also Proverbs 9:1-6, Psalm 34:9-14, Ephesians 5:15-20
We Are What We Eat
Sunday, August 18, 2024 - Gospel John 6:51-58, also Proverbs 9:1-6, Psalm 34:9-14, Ephesians 5:15-20
Members of One Another, and Christ
Sunday, August 11, 2024 - Gospel John 6:35, 41-51, also 1 Kings 19:4-8, Psalm 34:1-8,…
Bread of Life, Presence of God
Sunday, August 4, 2024 - Gospel, John 6:24-35, also Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15, Psalm 78:23-29, Ephesians…
Our Deepest Hungers
Sunday, July 28, 2024 - Gospel, John 6:1-21, also 2 Kings 4:42-44, Psalm 145:10-18, Ephesians…
What Draws People to Jesus?
Sunday, July 21 2024 - Gospel, Mark 6:30-34, 53-56, also Jeremiah 23:1-6, Psalm 23, Ephesians…
Rejection and Authority
Sunday, July 7 - Gospel, Mark 5:21-43. Also Ezekiel 2:1-5, Psalm 123, 2 Corinthians 12:2-10,…
Faith and Healing
Sunday, June 30, 2024 - Gospel, Mark 5:21-43. Also Lamentations 3:22-33, Psalm 30, 2 Corinthians…
When Storms Rage
Sunday, June 23, 2024 - Gospel, Mark 4:35-41. Also Job 38:1-11, Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32, 2 Corinthians…
What God Sees
Sunday, June 16, 2024 - Gospel, Mark 4:26-34. Also 1 Samuel 15:34—16:13, Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15,…
How Wide is God’s Circle?
Sunday, June 9, 2024 - Gospel, John 3:1-17. Also Gen 3:8-15, Psalm 130, 2 Corinthians…
A Trinity of Questions
Holy Trinity Sunday, May 26, 2024 - Gospel, John 3:1-17. Also Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 29,…
Transforming Fire
Sunday, May 19, Pentecost - Acts 2:1-21. Also Psalm 104:24-34, 35b, Romans 8:22-27, John 15:26-27,…
By Our Love
Sunday, May 5, 2024 - John 15:9-17 Also Acts 10:44-48, Psalm 98, 1 John 5:1-6…
Abiding in the Vine
Sunday, April 28, 2024 - John 15:1-8 Also Acts 8:26-40, Psalm 22:25-31, 1 John 4:7-21…
Becoming the Good Shepherd
Sunday, April 21, 2024 - John 10:11-18, Acts 4:5-12, Psalm 23, 1 John 3:16-24 Today…
Peace, Presence, and Resurrection
Sunday, April 14 - Luke 24:36b-48 Also Acts 3:12-19, Psalm 4, 1 John 3:1-7 I’ve…
The Story of the Ragman
Sunday, April 7, 2024 - the Sunday after Easter For this day, I decided to…
“Wit,” an Empty Tomb, and Resurrection
Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024 - Mark 16:1-8, Acts 10:34-43, Psalm 118: 1-2, 14-24, 1…
Who was Really in that Mob?
This is the sermon that I wrote for Good Friday, 2024, that ironically I "forgot"…
In Remembrance of Me
Maundy Thursday, March 28, 2024 - Mark 14: 17-31 Mark 14: 32-50 Also Psalm 116:…
Tearing the Veil
Sunday, March 24, 2024 - Mark 15:1-39 [40-47] Also Isaiah 50:4-9a, Psalm 31:9-16, Phillipians 2:5-11,…
Broken Open to New Life
Sunday, March 17, 2024 - John 12:20-33, Also Jeremiah 31:31-34, Psalm 51:1-12,Hebrews 5:5-10 We’re surrounded…
Symbols of Life
Sunday, March 10, 2024 - John 3:14-21, Also Numbers 21:4-9, Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22, Ephesians 2:1-10…
Mountain, Temple, Cross
Sunday, March 3, 2024 - John 2:13-22 Also Exodus 20:1-17, Psalm 19, 1 Corinthians 1:18-25…
Facing a Frightening or Unknown Future
Sunday, February 25, 2024 - Mark 8:31-38 Also Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16, Psalm 22:23-31, Romans 4:13-25…
Shining Like the Sun
Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024 - Mark 9:2-9, 2 Kings 2:1-12, Psalm 50:1-6, 2 Corinthians 4:3-6…
For Bobby, My Little Boy
I had to say goodbye to my beloved little terrier mix, Bobby, on November 17,…
Jesus and the Power of Love
Sunday, February 4, 2024 - Mark 1:29-39, Isaiah 40:21-31, Psalm 147:1-11, 20c, 1 Corinthians 9:16-23…
What Demons Possess Us Today?
Sunday, January 28, 2024 - Mark 1:21-28 A Problem of Language Today, I want to…
Answering the Call
Sunday, January 21, 2024: Mark 1:14-20, Jonah 3:1-5, 10, Psalm 62:5-12, 1 Cor 7:29-31 Jonah…
Seeking, Finding, Calling, Responding
Sunday, January 14, 2024 - John 1:43-51, also 1 Samuel 3:1-10, Psalm 139:1-6, 3-18, 1…
Water, Sound, and Spirit
January 7, 2024 - Mark 1: 4-11, Genesis 1:1-5, Psalm 29, Acts 19:1-7 I love…
Praising the Ordinary and the Extraordinary
December 31, 2023 - Luke 2:22-40, Isaiah 61:10-62:3, Psalm 148, Gal 4:4-7 On Christmas Eve,…
Mystery, Miracles, and the Unexpected
Luke 1:26-38 - December 24, 2023, Christmas Eve Sermon Last year, right around this time,…
Testifying to the Light, Life, and Love of God
Third Sunday of Advent, December 17, 2023 We’ve been given several readings today that, at…
All Flesh is Grass…All Flesh Shall See the Glory
The Second Sunday of Advent, December 10, 2023 Today is the second Sunday of Advent,…
Advent: Longing for God
The First Sunday of Advent, December 3, 2023 Today is the first Sunday of Advent…
Sheep, Goats, and the Final Judgment
Matthew 25: 31-46 (November 26, 2023) In 1975, a Marine on leave in Aiken, SC…
The Parable of the Talents
Matthew 25: 14-30 (November 19, 2023) If there was one thing that stuck with me…
The Parable of the Bridesmaids
Matthew 25: 1-13 (November 12, 2023) For thousands of years, humans have built spiral-shaped labyrinths…
The Beatitudes
Matthew 5: 1-12 (November 5, 2023, All Saints Sunday) Matthew's Focus We shouldn’t think of…
The Reformation of Our Hearts
John 8: 31-36 (October 29, 2023) Then Jesus turned to the Jews who had claimed…
Whose Image?
Matthew 22: 15-22 (October 22, 2023) I watch a lot of animal rescue videos, especially…
The Wedding Banquet
Matthew 22: 1-14 (October 15, 2023) I mentioned last week that we were beginning a…
The Parable of the Vineyard
Matthew 21:33-46 (Sunday, October 8, 2023) I’ve rented more than one home in my life…
My Leap Into Ministry
On Sunday, October 1, 2023, I became the interim minister of Redeemer Lutheran Church in…
There’s no “Right” to not be Offended
I fear we’ve normalized the expectation that we have a right to never be offended…
Can You Meet God in Your Dreams?
For God does speak—now one way, now another—though no one perceives it. In a dream,…
For Cotton, May 19, 2021
Yesterday was my first day without my dear, beloved Cotton, who has been with me…
What is a Good Life?
In this video, I talk about the aspects that make up a good life well…
My Musical Christmas Offering
In this video, I offer two original Christmas songs and a brief reading on this…
Trauma, Brokenness, and Wholeness
In this video, I talk about the brokenness of American society, the ACEs study and…
What is Spirituality? (And why should I care?)
In this video, I answer my friend Jazz's questions, "What is spirituality? What can it…
Can We Experience a Sacred Presence?
In this video, I talk about experiencing the Holy as a sacred presence. After watching…
Do our Dreams Mean Anything?
In this video, I talk about whether or not our dreams mean anything and how…
Is there a Deeper Rhythm that Guides our Lives?
In this video, I explore the Deeper Rhythm that I believe guides our lives.
Dreams, Spirituality, and Transformation
I recently launched a YouTube channel called Deeper Rhythm. In this first video, I talk…
Whitehead and Jung: The Whole-Making Nearness of God
Jay McDaniel of the Cobb Institute interviewed me in October 2020 about Whitehead, Jung, and…
What is a Sacred Life?
That’s the question we’re here to explore. Is life sacred? If so, just what is…