Welcome!
Welcome to
our web site. You can learn much about Mt. Olive Lutheran Church from this
web site. And information is good. But our primary goal is to share LIFE
and LOVE in Jesus Christ.
It is our firm belief that people experience the
abundant LIFE that God wants all of us to have when the Holy Spirit touches
and transforms us inside by our heavenly Father’s LOVE in Jesus Christ.
So
enjoy! Learn about us. And encounter the One who gives us LIFE thru His
LOVE.
In His love and mercy forever,
Pastor Dan Bohlken
Mt. Olive Lutheran Preschool
Mt. Olive offers preschool classes for 3 and 4 year old children. Registration is open for the 2009-10 school year and class size is limited. For more information, see the Preschool pages.
Current Sermon Series: The Psalms
In the Psalms, my journey through the world is transformed into a
journey
to the unknown recesses of the self – to the inward parts. This new spiritual
journey will prove as eventful and unpredictable as the physical one, full
of pitfalls and surprises. The biblical journey is transformed from a physical
adventure to a spiritual one.
A sense of self is notably absent in all ancient literatures. I, as we commonly use it today to mean one’s interior self, is seldom in evidence before the Psalms. The Psalms, are filled with I’s: the I of repentance, the I of anger and vengeance, the I of self-pity and self-doubt, the I of despair, the I of delight, the I of ecstasy. The Psalms are a treasure trove of personal emotions from poets acutely attuned to their inner states. In this bubbling spring of self-reflection is an unparalleled resource of prayer and praise drawn on repeatedly by Jews and Christians over the millennia.
To see Sunday by Sunday outlines and notes, click here.