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2018-01-14

Follow Me; Not the World’s Leaders

Up until this point I have refrained from speaking in specifics about the words or actions of Donald Trump, but this week I need to speak up as a Christian, and as a pastor, for Trump’s comments this past week went beyond even his normal lack of decency.  They moved beyond politics into the realm […]

2018-01-07

The Baptism of Jesus

Last October while in Ireland we were walking down a road outside of Kinsale, County Cork on our way to see an old fortress.  As we passed a gate in a wall I noticed a sign sitting amongst flowers advertising ‘Wood Turner” with photos of wood bowls for sale.  The sign beckoned to us from […]

2017-12-31

Simeon, Anna and the Christ child

Pastor Joel was sick in bed this Sunday and so his sermon was read by Pastor Emily Rova-Hegener Have you ever waited for something, for a long time? I have. Ever since my mom read to my brothers and me the book, “The Hobbit” I have been enthralled in the epic creation of the world […]

2017-12-03

First Sunday in Advent

So, The Justice League movie is out, as is the Thor movie.  These are both Super Hero movies, two of a multitude which have come out, and will come out in the theaters.  From the early Batman and Spiderman movies of the 1990’s, to the rash of Super Hero films in the Twenty-first Century, a […]

2017-11-26

Christ the King Sunday

Today is Christ the King Sunday, the last Sunday of the church calendar.  This morning is when we think of Jesus as omnipotent King. What do I have to say about Jesus Christ as King, on this Christ the King Sunday?  What can we know about our King, Jesus Christ today? Well first of all […]

2017-11-12

Waiting in Faith for Jesus

Back in 1992 I studied for a semester here in Oslo.  I think I have shared occasionally about my time while here.  I lived up at Kringsja studentby, studied at Blindern, and traveled throughout Scandinavia with my cohort of fellow students, it was a great four months.  But, while I was learning and growing here, […]

2017-10-29

Reformation Sunday

Today is Reformation Sunday, the Sunday of the year when we take the time to look back at history, and to get a glimpse of where we have come from as the church, both Protestant and Catholic.  Yet I believe that it is also a time for us to take a look at where God […]

2017-10-22

Choices

Whose head is this and whose title. The word for head in greek is icon, which is translated as likeness.  So Jesus question was whose likeness is this and whose title.  The writer has chose likeness intentionally. This word likeness is connected directly with the first verse read to day.  We are reminded we are […]

2017-10-15

The Banquet

I think it was six Christmases ago, during the break from school, when, in America at least a lot of youth are sitting around trying to figure out what to do, I planned the best of youth events. It was the best of youth events, in that it was free, it was fun, and it […]

2017-10-08

The surpassing value of knowing Christ

The word I will share with you today is not from the gospel reading but I chose to share with you from the first lesson Phillipians Chapter 3 verses 4-14. The theme I have given to the message is , the surpassing value of knowing Christ. I recently heard a sermon on the function of […]

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