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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.
Central Lutheran Church - Elk River
Latest Episodes
#133 - What If Nostalgia Is a Map? {Reflections}
Nostalgia can sneak up on you and suddenly you’re missing a version of life you can’t actually return to. After a weekend back in Colorado with old friends, I find myself asking why the “olden days” can feel so magnetic in midlife, and why tryi...
The God Who Sees with Rob Morris from LOVE146
Some messages don’t just inform you, they pull your head up and make you look at people differently. We sit down with Rob Morris, founder and CEO emeritus of Love146, to talk about ending child trafficking and exploitation and why this work sta...
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#132 - Two Questions That Change Everything {Reflections}
Two questions can stop you in your tracks, the way a guard’s shout can freeze a stranger at the wrong gate: Who are you? And what are you doing here? Ryan opens with an old story about Rabbi Akiva taking a wrong turn and ending up face-to-face ...
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Underneath It All with Pastor Ryan Braley
Underneath everything we argue about, fear, chase, and try to control sits a claim that is either liberating or offensive: Jesus Christ is the center of it all. We walk through Colossians 1 and an early Christian hymn that calls Jesus the image...
How to (Clumsily) Practice Resurrection with Pastor Ryan Braley
Easter isn’t asking you to admire a nice message about springtime. We’re talking about a claim that is either breathtakingly true or totally disruptive: Jesus is raised bodily, seen and touched, and that resurrection is the first sign that God ...
