The Lord of the Sabbath
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
Our two stories from Mark this morning are linked by a number of commonalities. What links them? Let’s start with what is the most obvious link between these two stories […]
Holy Trinity Sunday
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
I remember when I was a boy, getting to know other children in my classes at school. Eventually, after talking about what we liked to play with, Legos for me. […]
Pentecost
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
Today we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit into the lives of Christ’s followers on the 50th day after his death. And what a fifty days they were for […]
Ascension Sunday
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
This past Thursday Norway had the day off. Thankfully it was a beautiful day too. We went for a long walk along the water, and all around us were individuals, […]
I give a new commandment
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
Just a few weeks ago we read other passages from this same section of John’s Gospel. For this section was a part of the Maundy Thursday reading. In fact the […]
Phillip, the Eunach, and Greece
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
As many of you know, Emily and I were gone last week at the Association of International Churches in Europe and the Middle East pastors and spouse conference. The AICEME […]
God calls us to be Under Shepherds
Sharon Hermanson
This is Good Shepherd Sunday. The Fourth Sunday after Easter. The church year is in 3-year cycles for the Scripture liturgically, yet we read a part of this chapter in […]
Silver and Gold, I do not have
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
Peter and John were walking through the temple gate called ‘Beautiful’ one day, when a man lame from birth called out to them for a gift of money. This man […]
Doubt is not unbelief
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
There is an ancient tradition, started by early Greek Christians in which the first Sunday after Easter was a Sunday in which to celebrate, and even find humor in life, […]
Jeremiah 31
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
The reading this morning from Jeremiah is one in which Jeremiah is speaking on behalf of God to the people of Judah who have been taken into captivity in Babylon. […]
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