More Reason to Hope than Meets the Eye
Aug 04, 2019
Sermon 8-4-19
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Text: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23; Luke 12:13-21
Pastor Jean M. Hansen
More Reason to Hope than Meets the Eye
It happened again, my initial response to today’s first reading from...
Jesus’ Prayer Tutorial
Jul 28, 2019
Sermon 7-28-19
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Text: Luke 11:1-13
Pastor Jean M. Hansen
What if, out of the blue, I invited one of you to come forward and lead a prayer for the ministry of Faith Lutheran Church, and there was no time to...
Now Do It
Jul 14, 2019
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Text: Luke 10:25-37
Pastor Jean M. Hansen
The story I’m about to tell you probably is being repeated frequently today in Northeast Ohio ELCA congregations. That’s because today’s Gospel lesson – the...
A Harvest of Hope
Jul 07, 2019
The Fourth Sunday of Pentecost
Text: Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 and Galatians 6:1-10
Pastor Jean M. Hansen
Whenever I hear Jesus’ words, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out...
Fear Stops, Faith Starts, New Realities
Jun 23, 2019
Second Sunday after Pentecost
Text: Luke 8:26-39
By Pastor Jean M. Hansen
The people of the Gerasenes in today’s Gospel reading wanted to get rid of Jesus; of what do you suppose were they afraid? The account is clear, when the people in...
In Search of Wisdom
Jun 16, 2019
The Holy Trinity
Text: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31
By Pastor Jean M. Hansen
I’ve always liked the passage from Proverbs 8 that we read this morning; perhaps because wisdom is depicted as a woman who stands on the heights, along the highways,...
