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2018-02-11

Transfiguration Sunday

One day almost twenty centuries ago, three men followed their loving and mystical teacher up a mountain in the countryside of Israel.  As happened so many times in their discipleship and friendship with this rabbi, they did not know where they were going, or why up a mountain?  Yet they followed willingly, for in their […]

2018-02-04

Jesus’ Eternal Ministry

I find a lot of humor in life, but don’t end up sharing too much of it up here in the pulpit, but the first verses of today’s gospel comprise what I find to be one of the more humorous situations in the Bible. So, following is one way to see some of the humor […]

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, […]

2017-08-22

Woman – Great is your faith

We have all met people who we would not think would be the type to become members of the church.  We all have stereotypes in mind of who makes a good Christian and who does not.  I bet you, we each even have people who we have attended church with, whom we really didn’t think […]

2017-08-14

Come and trust in me

We spent our holiday up in Troms Fylke, far to the North.  When we arrived the sun was still setting after midnight, and rising less than an hour later.  We spent our vacation in the arctic, because we have good friends whom live in Tromsø.  Darin and Ann Christin and their three children have been […]

2017-05-14

Trust Also in Me

Has anyone ever stated to you the phrase ‘Trust me.’ I am sure that most of us have had that statement spoken to us at some point in our lives.  Maybe the speaker was standing in front of you with a blindfold in their hand ready to take you into a maze in some group […]

2017-04-30

A Days walk to Emmaus

This morning we read about two of Jesus’ disciples walking and talking their way from Jerusalem to the village of Emmaus. You can be sure that they didn’t need the rhythm of their feet to keep their words flowing, for the depth of their conversation was in direct relation to the gravity of all that […]

2017-04-23

Seeing is Beleiving

How often have you heard someone say, or have you yourself used one of these following phrases. “I can’t believe it!” “Show me.” “I am standing here in utter disbelief at what I just witnessed.” “Prove it to me.” “I can’t believe my eyes!” You know the old saying, “Seeing is believing.” Well I think […]

2017-04-09

Palm Sunday

Can you imagine the spectacle that Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem was that Palm Sunday morning? People shouting, others crying out the words of Psalm 118, “Hosanna to the King,” many waving palms, others throwing palms and even their coats down upon the road, so that the donkey upon which Jesus is riding does not even […]

2016-11-13

A new heaven and a new earth

Jesus was reminding his listeners that as followers of Christ we cannot put our full trust, or our faith in human leaders, or governments or armies, or edifices, for they will fail you in some way or another. Jesus even specifically warns against those who will claim special knowledge of Jesus and his plans.  He […]

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