Second Sunday of Advent
Pastor Tim Peterson
Christmas is coming! The light is coming! Jesus is coming! Today’s Gospel reading, from Matthew 3, verses 1 through 12, tells about John the Baptist’s preaching. John calls people to repentance, as he calls them to prepare the way for the coming of Jesus: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near!” “You brood […]
The life to which we are called
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
This past week my family, along with my younger brother’s family did something very Norwegian, we went hiking in the mountains. A week ago yesterday we traveled by train North to Reinheim National Park, South of Åndalsnes. We hiked first to the hytta of Pyttbua, spent the night and then the next day hiked over […]
Freedom in Christ
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
This past Tuesday, on July Fourth the United States of America celebrated two hundred and forty-one years of independence. On May seventeenth Norway celebrated two hundred and three years of its constitution. This coming December sixth, Finland celebrates a centennial, one hundred years of freedom. This twenty-first century might be the point in history in […]