First Sunday in Lent
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
After his baptism, Jesus went into the wilderness for forty days, alone. He did this in preparation for his coming ministry. This wasn’t unheard of, both Moses and Elijah had done the same sort of thing to prepare themselves for their coming ministries on behalf of the Lord. Moses spent forty days and nights on […]
Transfiguration Sunday
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
Too often when I read the Bible I can get all caught up in the theological implications of what is being said or done, that I forget that the people of whom I am reading were real people. I forget to look at what their emotions or thoughts might have been in the midst of […]
Jesus in his home town
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
Jesus grew up in the town of Nazareth and to all of the other Nazarenes he wasn’t anything special. He was simply Joseph’s son, the eldest of Mary and Joseph’s children. As the oldest son, he would have learned his father’s trade and been working as a carpenter since he was a young teen. And […]
Christmas Eve
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
Merry Christmas everyone! We gather this evening to worship our Lord Jesus Christ whose birth we now celebrate. We celebrate by gathering together in church to sing carols of praise, hear God’s word read and preached and to give thanks for the baby born in Bethlehem so many years ago. We also celebrate by; gathering […]
Advent
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
Today is the first Sunday in Advent. Advent, which means “coming” is all about waiting for the one who is to come. For these four Sundays, it is as if we are waiting along with the ancient ones for the coming of the Messiah. We are looking towards the baby’s advent into our world, into […]
Christ the King Sunday
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
Today is Christ the King Sunday, the last Sunday of the church year. This is a Sunday when we celebrate together the reign of our king, Jesus the Christ. As an American I think a Sunday such as today can be hard to know what to do with, for I don’t have an earthly king […]
All Saints
Pastor Emily Rova-Hegener
A couple of months ago, Pastor Joel preached about a mentor of ours by the name of Antti Lepisto. Antti was a pastor, who shaped and impacted both Pastor Joel and my life deeply in many ways. Antti was born in the US to Finnish parents, so he spoke Finnish from the start and followed […]
Pioneer of our Salvation
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
Living here in Norway these past years has forced me to ponder upon the ways that I speak about and act in regards to my faith and its understanding in the world. What I mean is that many of the Norwegians, outside of our church, that I have come to know on a deeper level […]
Who ever wants to be first shall be last
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
Jesus is a hard master to follow. He is! I mean, how do you follow someone who constantly is asking you to to try and live, to try and do, to try and speak against your very nature? HOW? How? Look at the disciples, they don’t get how to do it. In fact they don’t […]
Hypocrisy, the Contamination of the Heart
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
This morning I am going to jump right in, ‘cause I cannot think of any cute stories about hypocrisy or people judging people, and I cannot even think of a good joke. In Mark’s gospel this morning Jesus speaks a hard truth to the Pharisees, as well as his other listeners. To the Pharisees for […]
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