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...
Here Am I, Send Me … Maybe?
May 26, 2024
Holy Trinity Sunday
Text: Isaiah 6:1-8
Pastor Jean M. Hansen
Here is a piece of advice … before being too quick to say, “Here I am, God, send me,” you might want to find out what exactly it is God wants you to do. Isaiah of today’s...
