Landing on Our Feet

Aug 11, 2019
Sermon 8-11-19 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Text: Genesis 15:1-6; Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Pastor Jean M. Hansen   Landing on Our Feet   Today we are going to step back into the Old Testament and be reacquainted with Abram and Sarai, later...

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...

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