Tears and Hope
Nov 03, 2024
All Saints’ Sunday
Text: John 11:32-44
Pastor Jean M. Hansen
Today I’m remembering, and you may be too, the story by Annie Dillard about a family that gathered at a cemetery to commit their loved one to the ground, “earth to earth,...
Overflowing Thanksgiving
Oct 20, 2024
22nd Sunday after Pentecost
Commitment Sunday
Text: 2 Corinthians 9:7,10-12
Pastor Jean M. Hansen
We are gardeners for God: growing together. We receive the seed of faith, a gift from God, plant and tend it, and reap what we sow –...
Growing Faith and Growing in Faith Together
Oct 13, 2024
21st Sunday after Pentecost
Stewardship Emphasis
Texts: 2 Corinthians 9:6-10, Mark 10:17-31
Pastor Jean M. Hansen
I like to think of us all as Gardeners for God, growing together. That’s why the Stewardship Team came up with the...
We are Among the Fallen and the Blessed
Oct 06, 2024
20th Sunday after Pentecost
Text: Mark 10:2-16
Pastor Jean M. Hansen
Last week, I began my sermon by saying that both the hearing and preaching of the Gospel in recent weeks has been challenging. It’s true again today, although...
Words of Challenge and Grace
Sep 29, 2024
19th Sunday after Pentecost
Text: Mark 9:38-50
Pastor Jean M. Hansen
It’s been a challenging few weeks for the hearers of and preacher of God’s word here at Faith Lutheran Church … and beyond...if their focus has been on the book of...
The Counter Cultural Goal of Striving to be First by Being Last
Sep 22, 2024
18th Sunday after Pentecost
Text: Mark 9:30-37
Pastor Jean M. Hansen
A few weeks ago, we sang the hymn, “Will You Let Me Be Your Servant”; the lyrics may seem a bit odd as in them we ask for the opportunity to serve another, to be...
