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Sadness Seeking Understanding: A Sermon by Mike Solberg
A Sermon by the Rev. J. Michael Solberg in response to the attack on Congress on January 6, 2021 based on Ecclesiastes 1 (see Mike’s translation at end of sermon). This sermon is also available as a video on our Youtube channel here. Let us pray. Gracious God, may my...

9:07 Service, Now In-Person!
Important News About Our 9:07 Service! We have decided to have our 9:07 service in-person, outdoors! Let's call it "Faithful by the Fireside!" Or perhaps, Friluftsliv. That's the Norwegian word for "open-air-living," and it is first and foremost about feeling the joy...

Advent 2020: It Happened Anyway
Advent 2020: It Happened Anyway Welcome to the season of Advent! There's no way around it...Christmas is going to feel different this year. With travel restrictions, limited gatherings, and social distancing, it might be hard to imagine Christmas happening at all....

Stephen Uhl, Archived!
Come join our church organist/pianist, Stephen Uhl, for a wonderfully varied half-hour of fantastic music recorded from the Union Church of Hinsdale on Thursday August 6th, at 7p.m. The program features works by Mary Lou Williams, J. S. Bach, Duke Ellington, Christian...

Reflections on Grace
What is grace? For such a fundamental Christian concept, it is surprisingly tricky to talk about grace properly. We have some new videos for you, and we have given ourselves the task of talking about grace. We have various takes:...

Ever Wonder What Our Ministry Team Does When “Off the Clock”?
"Create some additional interesting content!" you said. Your Ministry Team has heard you! So, we are going to start with a little collection of videos entitled, "Your Ministry Team, Off the Clock." Mike gave the instructions to the team: "The goal is 10 interesting...