Ashes: a Message of Death and Life
Feb 14, 2024
Ash Wednesday
Text: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 and Psalm 51:1-12
Pastor Jean M. Hansen
It’s an Ash Wednesday Valentine’s Day, which seems to be an oxymoron (a combining of contradictory terms) except that the word “Lent” is right there...
Reluctant Transitions
Feb 11, 2024
Pastor Sandy Selby
Transfiguration Sunday
Mark 9:2-9
There is no way Peter wanted anything to do with following Jesus back down that mountain! To understand why, we need to go back to the scene in Mark’s gospel just prior to...
Being Compelled to Proclaim
Feb 04, 2024
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Text: 1 Corinthians 9:16-23, Mark 1:29-39
Pastor Jean M. Hansen
No doubt you have heard stories that champion the importance of perseverance in the face of adversity. Perhaps we should add accounts of...
Not Satisfied Until Justice and Righteousness Flow
Jan 28, 2024
4th Sunday after Epiphany/RIC Sunday
Text: Amos 5:21-24
Pastor Jean M. Hansen
In September of 2020 Faith Lutheran Church became a Reconciling in Christ (RIC) congregation after an overwhelmingly positive congregational vote to...
Make a Beeline to Jesus, and Be All-In for Him
Jan 21, 2024
Third Sunday after Epiphany
Text: Mark 1: 14-20
Pastor Jean M. Hansen
It’s already the third Sunday in January and the third Sunday after Epiphany. A great deal has happened in the Gospel of Mark during that time, even though we’...
A Gift of New Life … for Life
Jan 14, 2024
Baptism of Our Lord
Text: Mark 4:4-11
Pastor Jean M. Hansen
Often when Christians are making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, which, of course, is not happening much these days given the war that is decimating that significant place...