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...

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