We Scatter the Shadows

Jan 26, 2020
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 last Sunday when we read in John’s Gospel...

Letting God Be God, for Us

Jan 24, 2020
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 cycle of assigned readings a few times, especially when it...

Don’t Know? Come and See!

Jan 19, 2020
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 graduated from high school, which I’ve...

Our Identity: God's Beloved Ones

Jan 12, 2020
Sermon 1-12-2020 The Baptism of Our Lord Text: Matthew 3:13-17 Pastor Jean M. Hansen   Did you notice the baptism maps on the bulletin board next to the church nursery, across from the Meeting Room? Quite a few of you have added a pin to...

Love Came Down at Christmas, part 3

Jan 05, 2020
Sermon 1-5-19 The Epiphany of Our Lord Text: Matthew 2:1-12; 1 Corinthians 13:8-13 Pastor Jean M. Hansen   Today we celebrate the Epiphany of Our Lord, a festival of the church that actually is tomorrow, January 6. Epiphany means “the...

Love Came Down at Christmas, Part 2

Dec 29, 2019
Sermon 12-29-19 First Sunday of Christmas Text: Matthew 2:13-23 Pastor Jean M. Hansen   At least three things are odd about today’s readings. First, they are out of order; that which is described in the Gospel reading takes place after the...

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