Poulsbo First Lutheran Church

05/31/2026

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05/09/2026

“Jesus loves you.” True. But what does the gospel have to say when your life is falling apart?

This reflection (called “Time For A New Slogan”) is about suffering, faith, and why I think the gospel has to be bigger than clichés.

This past Wednesday, while recording our Bible study podcast, we started talking about the gospel, and eventually the idea was distilled down to this: “Jesus loves you. Period.” Something about that didn’t sit right with me at the time, though I understood exactly what was meant and agree with

04/18/2026

This Sunday’s reading is the Saul-on-the-road-to-Damascus story from Acts 9 – and honestly, it’s a wild one. A blinding light. A voice from heaven. A life completely flipped.

This Sunday’s reading is the Saul-on-the-road-to-Damascus story from Acts 9. On the surface, it’s kind of wild – a blinding light out of nowhere, a voice from heaven, an instant and total life reversal. It reads less like real life and more like something you’d expect people to