Bethel Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN

Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012

Why do we associate Easter with eggs?  Is there a deeper meaning other than having colorful chicken eggs?  Why do we hide them and search for them?  Listen to Pastor Seabaugh speak on the powerful significance of the Easter Egg, and how the hunt really plays out...

Sunday, January 15, 2012

What is peace?  Can you define peace without defining it by what it's not?  Sure, war is not peace, conflict is not peace, fear is not peace, but what IS peace?  Listen to Pastor Seabaugh speak of a peace that comes only by the Way, the Truth and the Life.  Shalom...

Sunday, December 4, 2011

What is the definition of freedom?  What does it truly mean to be free?  In America, we link freedom to our inalienable rights: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  Is that true freedom, or does the Bible present us with an even greater freedom?...

All Saints Sunday, November 6, 2011

This Sunday at Bethel, all the names of those who have died as members of Bethel Lutheran Church in our 80 year history were represented as cards hanging all around the sanctuary.  It was a meaningful reminder of the cloud of witnesses that have gone before us in...

Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, January 16, 2011

As our church has read through the Bible, one concern was whether we would find a good text to go with Sundays with a specific theme.  No problem.  There may be no better text for Sanctity of Human Life Sunday than the book of Jonah.  Take a list...

Sanctity of Life Sunday, January 10, 2010

Readings: Deuteronomy 30:11-20, Romans 10:5-17, John 10:7-16

Choices are everywhere.  We feel rather empowered by the myriad of choices that surround us.  God had his chosen people prepared to enter the land he chose for them when he gave them a choice be...