Easter Sunday
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
Alleluia! Jesus is Risen! He is risen indeed, alleluia! The other night my wife Emily and I watched a movie called, “Risen.” It is the fictional story of the Roman […]
Palm Sunday
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
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 […]
Lazarus, Come out
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
I talk a lot about life up here in this pulpit. This morning is not going to be any different, except, that, I hope I can do it in a […]
I am the Man
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
I was seventeen the first time that I crossed into Mexico. It was the summer between my junior and senior years of high school, and I was part of a […]
Moving, chosen by God
Pastor Emily Rova-Hegener
Many of us know what it is like to be an alien in a foreign land. When we move from one place to another we let go of what is […]
Theology of the Cross
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
In his painting that everyone in the congregation could see as they worshiped, Cranach was proclaiming Luther’s main point of theology. No one can be saved except through the death […]
Transfiguration Sunday
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
Pastor describes a trip to Estonia 21 years ago just after it gained its independence with a group of youth. He and the group were invited to visit to a […]
To Grow in Love
Amsel Flood
The challenge of reacting differently. It is easy to respond right when you are treated right but it is not easy to respond correctly when you are treated badly. God […]
50th Anniversary of the Founding of the Stefanus Alliance
Pastor Nestor Joel Rova-Hegener
50 years ago after being released from Jail from Roumania and ransomed for 10000 USD Pastor Richard Wurmbrand on arriving in Oslo came and worshipped at the American Lutheran Church. […]
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