On Who Do We Pull the Shade?

Sep 01, 2019
Sermon 9-1-19 12th Sunday after Pentecost Text: Luke 14:1, 7-14 Pastor Jean M. Hansen   Jesus is at it again; he just keeps saying radical things! What, you might ask, is so radical about today’s reading, especially the first part? It...

Looking to Jesus

Aug 18, 2019
Sermon 8-18-19 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Text: Hebrews 11:29-12:2 Pastor Jean M. Hansen   Looking to Jesus        I don’t run, but I do walk. Sometimes I walk long distances, as was the case on July 4 when I walked – with a friend – a...

Landing on Our Feet

Aug 11, 2019
Sermon 8-11-19 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Text: Genesis 15:1-6; Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Pastor Jean M. Hansen   Landing on Our Feet   Today we are going to step back into the Old Testament and be reacquainted with Abram and Sarai, later...

More Reason to Hope than Meets the Eye

Aug 04, 2019
Sermon 8-4-19 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Text: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23; Luke 12:13-21 Pastor Jean M. Hansen More Reason to Hope than Meets the Eye   It happened again, my initial response to today’s first reading from...

Jesus’ Prayer Tutorial

Jul 28, 2019
Sermon 7-28-19 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Text: Luke 11:1-13 Pastor Jean M. Hansen   What if, out of the blue, I invited one of you to come forward and lead a prayer for the ministry of Faith Lutheran Church, and there was no time to...

Now Do It

Jul 14, 2019
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Text: Luke 10:25-37 Pastor Jean M. Hansen      The story I’m about to tell you probably is being repeated frequently today in Northeast Ohio ELCA congregations. That’s because today’s Gospel lesson – the...

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