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Central Lutheran Church - Elk River
Weekly sermons from our Central Lutheran Church preaching team plus quick reflections from Pastor Ryan Braley.
Real talk, ancient wisdom, and honest questions — all designed to help you learn, grow, and find encouragement when you need it most.
At Central, our mission is simple: FOLLOW Jesus together, be a community where you BELONG, and LOVE our neighbors across the street and around the world.
Think deeper. Live freer. Share an episode with a friend and visit us in person anytime — you’re always welcome here in Elk River, MN.
Podcasting since 2023 • 240 episodes
Central Lutheran Church - Elk River
Latest Episodes
Have You Not Read? with Pastor Ben Carruthers
A single question flips the room: have you not read. We take that line from Jesus and follow it through a grainfield, a temple, and a minivan full of questions, asking why a law meant for rest became a rule intended to measure, and how compassi...
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#110 - What I Learned When my Dad Died {Reflections}
The moment that voicemail played in the dark car, everything we’d been holding back broke open. Grief hit like weather—sudden, total, impossible to outthink—and what followed became a lesson we didn’t know we needed about how to let emotions mo...
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Where Should We Buy the Bread? with Pastor Ryan Braley
Hungry crowds, tired disciples, and one audacious question: where should we buy bread? We walk through John’s vivid retelling of the loaves and fish to see how Jesus moves a community from cost-counting to courageous offering. The setup is fami...
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#109 - What is Yours to Carry? {Reflections}
A scoop of creatine goes down the wrong pipe and suddenly there’s panic, coughing, and no air. That small scare becomes the clearest picture of modern life: we’re breathing in more tragedy than our souls can process. Violent headlines, viral cl...
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