by Hans Jorgensen | Feb 19, 2021 | Devotions
In Mark 1 as we begin the season of Lent, we hear: “Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him.”So many important things in scripture happen around water. What “water” stories do you...
by Hans Jorgensen | Feb 11, 2021 | Devotions
In Mark 9, Jesus is transfigured on a mountain, and a voice says, “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him.”The Transfiguration story has so many delightful parts to it. For one thing, it connects to Jesus’ baptism, where he also heard a voice saying he was...
by Hans Jorgensen | Feb 5, 2021 | Devotions
In Mark 1:35, Jesus got up “while it was still very dark and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed.”Do you ever go out to a quiet or deserted place to pray? What is that like? We live in a time of many stimuli – sounds and machines that are humming around...
by Hans Jorgensen | Jan 29, 2021 | Devotions
In Mark 1, it says “Jesus taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.”What does it mean for someone as “having authority?” Sometimes there is external authority – someone outside ourselves that we trust and listen to. In Lutheran churches,...
by Hans Jorgensen | Jan 22, 2021 | Devotions
In Jonah 3:1, it says, “The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time…”The first time Jonah heard God’s word, he went the other direction. Jonah didn’t want to do what God called him to do. Have you ever had times where you knew what was right, but you didn’t have...
by Hans Jorgensen | Jan 14, 2021 | Devotions
In 1 Samuel 3, we hear Samuel responding to God’s voice by saying, “Here I am! Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.”Many times our prayers sound more like, “Listen, Lord, for your servant is speaking.” That is appropriate, for God invites us to share our...
