Knowing and Being Known
Mar 15, 2020
Sermon 3-15-2020
Third Sunday in Lent
Text: March 5:5-42
Pastor Jean M. Hansen
We all have a different vision of eternity; one of mine is that it’s where we can most fully be who God created us to be. We see glimpses of that in the...
The Gospel Vaccine
Mar 08, 2020
Sermon 3-8-2020
Second Sunday in Lent
Text: John 3:1-17
Pastor Jean M. Hansen
I wonder why Nicodemus came to see Jesus?
The closing verses of today’s Gospel lesson are so well-known that if someone in a crowd has “3:16” written on...
A Day of Re-creation
Feb 26, 2020
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 God, and renew a right spirit within me...
Hinge Moments
Feb 23, 2020
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 points to the hinge of our life of faith...
“You Have Heard that it was Said, but I Say to You...”
Feb 16, 2020
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. I’m guessing if we all sat quietly...
Mix It Up with the World
Feb 09, 2020
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 do once there’s food on my plate is...
