A Day of Re-creation

Sermon 2-26-2020 Ash Wednesday Psalm 51:1-17 Pastor Jean M. Hansen Many of us are familiar with Psalm 51 because we spent years singing verses 10-12 as an offertory. “Create in me a clean heart, O…

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Hinge Moments

Sermon 2-23-2020 Transfiguration of Our Lord Matthew 17:1-9 Pastor Jean M. Hansen We just read about a “hinge moment,” or so say commentator Erica Gibson-Even. She writes that the Transfiguration…

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“You Have Heard that it was Said, but I Say to You...”

Sermon 2-16-2020 Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Matthew 5:21-37 Pastor Jean M. Hansen Well…I could just say “Amen” and sit down, letting Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount seep into our hearts, minds and souls…

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Mix It Up with the World

Sermon 2-9-2020 Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Texts: Matthew 5:13-20; Isaiah 58:1-12 Pastor Jean M. Hansen If you have eaten a meal with me, you may have noticed that, after praying, the first thing I…

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Turning Points

February 2, 2020 The Rev. Dr. Sandy Selby Faith Lutheran Church The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany 4 Text: Micah 6:1-8 Micah 6:1-8 Hear what the Lord says: Rise, plead your case before the mountains,…

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We Scatter the Shadows

Sermon 1-26-2020 Third Sunday after Epiphany Text: Matthew 4:12-23 Pastor Jean M. Hansen Some of you may be confused…not just in general … but by today’s Gospel reading, especially if you were here…

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Letting God Be God, for Us

Sermon 1-24-2021 Third Sunday after Epiphany Text: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Pastor Jean M. Hansen      I will let you in on a preacher’s secret. When you’ve gone through the three-year…

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Don’t Know? Come and See!

Sermon 1-19-2020 Second Sunday after Epiphany Text: John 1:29-42 Pastor Jean M. Hansen You probably have to be of a “certain age” to know the song I’m about to quote. It was the “class song” when I…

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