Fostering Amazement!

Jul 07, 2024
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost “Pulpit Switch” with Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Text: Mark 6:1-13 Pastor Jean M. Hansen        It’s such a blessing to be leading worship here at Holy Trinity on a Sunday morning, and to receive your warm...

For Jesus, No One is Invisible or Too Far Gone

Jun 30, 2024
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Mark 5:21-43 Pastor Jean M. Hansen          For Jesus, no one is invisible or too far gone.      Today’s story of a woman and a girl make that clear. We read about the daughter of Jairus and the woman who had...

Jesus Never Fails to be With Us!

Jun 23, 2024
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Text: Mark 4:35-41 Pastor Jean M. Hansen          Jesus had been preaching and teaching from a boat and, evidently, our Lord was tired. Did you notice the rather odd phrase at the beginning of today’s text? It...

God’s Mysterious Work Among Us

Jun 16, 2024
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Text: Mark 4:26-34 Pastor Jean M. Hansen        If Faith’s gardeners followed the example of the farmer in today’s Gospel lesson, we would not donate more than 2000 pounds of fresh produce to OPEN M every...

A World of Cracked Pots … and Glory

Jun 09, 2024
Third Sunday after Pentecost Text: 2 Corinthians 4:6-10, 16-18 Pastor Jean M. Hansen        I greet you today, one cracked pot to other cracked pots, a reality which proves God’s love for, and trust in, us.      We find this description in...

The Sabbath was Made for and Gifted to Us

Jun 02, 2024
Second Sunday after Pentecost Text: 2:23-3:6 Pastor Jean M. Hansen        It’s not all that difficult to understand why, by Jesus’ time, the keeping of the Sabbath was burdened by rules. People liked knowing exactly what was required of...

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