Hope Is Alive!
26th Sunday after PentecostText: Mark 13:1-8Pastor Jean M. Hansen While driving to St. Louis recently, I listened to an interesting book titled, Subpar Planet by Amber…
Tears and Hope
All Saints’ SundayText: John 11:32-44Pastor 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…
Overflowing Thanksgiving
22nd Sunday after PentecostCommitment SundayText: 2 Corinthians 9:7,10-12Pastor Jean M. HansenWe are gardeners for God: growing together. We receive the seed of faith, a gift from God, plant and tend…
Growing Faith and Growing in Faith Together
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…
We are Among the Fallen and the Blessed
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…
Words of Challenge and Grace
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…
The Counter Cultural Goal of Striving to be First by Being Last
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…
Words that Help and Heal or Hurt and Destroy?
17th Sunday of Pentecost Text: James 3:1-12 Pastor Jean M. Hansen It is a bit inconsistent, I’ll admit, that just a few weeks into the school year, as part of our focus is…