Pastor Eric and Marnie are in studio to talk about the two sacraments that Lutherans practice. Don’t know what they are? You will have to listen in to find out! Eric explains why the Lutheran Church only deals with two sacraments, as opposed to the seve

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Aug 5, 2026 Heather Wald 17:32

Full of Joy Podcast - Worship Stories: Visual Arts

Heather Wald joins Marnie to talk about the role the Visual Arts team plays in creating the various visual aspects of what we see in worship on Sunday morning and Wednesday night, because worship is designed to be experienced by all our senses. Heather wa

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Aug 4, 2026 Pastor Eric Ohrtman 21:12

Full of Joy Podcast - Lutheran Stories: How We Read the Bible

Today’s podcast should help offer some incite into how Lutherans read the Bible. In a nutshell…we read it through a lens of faith and grace. Pastor Eric Ohrtman breaks it down into three things we do when reading scripture: 1) We use the Bible to unde

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Aug 3, 2026 Doug Daniels 21:58

Full of Joy Podcast - Faith Stories: Doug Daniels

Spirit of Joy partner, Sioux Falls native, and aerospace engineer, Doug Daniels, joins Marnie in the Full of Joy studio to talk about his complex faith story. Doug shares his history from being raised Catholic to eventually joining the Lutheran church aft

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Aug 2, 2026 Pastor Eric Ohrtman 15:43

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Jul 30, 2026 Pastor Eric Ohrtman 15:17

Full of Joy Podcast - Lutheran Stories: Lutheranism in America

Did you know there are over 30,000 Christian denominations in the United States? Don’t worry, we’re only going to focus on the Lutheran ones today (and, more specifically, the ELCA). Pastor Eric Ohrtman gives us a brief history of Lutheranism in Ameri

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Jul 29, 2026 Jodi Hanson 21:38

Full of Joy Podcast - Worship Stories: Prayer Labyrinth

The Prayer Labyrinth. You may have seen it stretched out on the floor of the Shalom Center during Holy Week or Epiphany. Or maybe you know (or didn’t know) that we have one mowed into the grass in our church gardens. But what is it exactly and where did

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Jul 28, 2026 Pastor Eric Ohrtman 15:53

Full of Joy Podcast - Bible Stories: Woman at the Well

Who was the woman at the well and what makes her interaction with Jesus so authentic? Pastor Eric walks through the structure of the story with Marnie. Along the way, he gives us some background on Samaria and why Jesus chose that specific route. He ends

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