He loves to lay down on the floor with a sheet of blank paper in front of him having a movie playing on the screen. He looks at the movie and he draws, sometimes more into the movie, sometimes more into the drawing. Tonight he drew a new kind of …
He was sitting there by the road. Begging. As he used to do. Then they came. Pulled him up off the ground and wanted him to walk with them. He did knew them. He knew he could trust them. But what was it they wanted? And why this hurry? He …
It’s not easy to believe what we haven’t seen and haven’t heard. I’ve been thinking along these lines today on the first Sunday after Easter Day. I’ve found that sometimes it really isn’t a good idea to believe in all that we’ve told, that is at least the fact when …
My Grandpa always told me that it wasn’t really a happy easter until Easter Day. I’m not so sure if I agree, because every day – throughout the year – is a Happy Easter because of what Jesus did almost two thousand years ago. But I still tend to think …
Good Friday is a sad and dark day, in many ways. Jesus was sentenced to death. He suffered and he died. In Norway we let Jesus’ sufferings influence the name. We call it Long Friday. In earlier times it was a strange holiday day. Usually the goal of any other …
What was he thinking?! Getting down on his knees with water and towel in hand. They all looked at him with astonished faces. What was this? Not a part of the Easter meal that they were supposed to start at any moment; remembering the exodus from Egypt. Sure their feet …
Yesterday my nephew cut a few (20ish) branches of pine for me. Today I asked (very politely) the congregation to please come outside with me to start the service with a little Palm Sunday procession. We handed out the branches and our musician went in the front, together with MT …
It’s been one of those weekends where I have only a few and short moments to sit down and just relax. So right now I feel rather empty and tired, even thought the days have been good (most of the time). Most of my waken hours and commitment went to …
I have a verse in the Bible I turn to over and over again. It makes me feel safe in Gods hands; just as MT here was feeling safe hand in hand with his Grandparents. I wish I could put all my worrying to God and let him take care …
It’s a beautiful fall Sunday in our parts of the world. I’m in the process of getting ready for a service in the church right next to our house. I’ve been looking forward to this service for quite some time. It’s kind of different. It’s for kids, but also for …
NOTE! My comments doesn’t work. I’m working on figuring out why.. ¨^¨^¨^¨^¨^¨^¨^¨^¨ ¨^¨^¨^¨^¨^¨^¨^¨^¨ ¨^¨^¨^¨^¨^¨^¨^¨^¨ Lately I’ve been thinking a bit about why it is that I believe in the impossible. Yea, because I do! And sometimes I wonder why that is. Because, in a way, it would be so much …
We’ve reached the last Sunday in our church year in my Lutheran church of Norway. When Advent rolls around we’ll start the new church year, with it’s new beginnings and Christmas story unfold. But first we have to get by the Last Sunday of the Church Year. And as you …
When I prepared for the sermon(s) for today I was stuck in a rut for a long time. I just could not figure out how to tackle the text in a down to earth and simple sermon. But finally I got help from above (glad God always comes through when …
This Sunday was all about keeping two thoughts in our head at the same time. we are loved by God and are free to live with joy we are different from God and do (or don’t do) things that mess up our relationship with God In our service today we …
Today I’ve been thinking about the man that got lowered down before Jesus while he (Jesus) was preaching the word of God inside a friends house. Someone thought that bringing their friend to there were more important than keeping up with the normal rule about not breaking anything that doesn’t …
