Faith’s Blog

February, Life Growing Up

The days are growing longer. Light is creeping back into our Truckee Meadows, minute by minute, as we move deeper into Epiphany. In this period of lengthening days, with earlier sunrises and later sunsets, it's also the liturgical season when we celebrate Christ as...

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Advent Adventures

Friends in Faith, Happiest of holidays to you, and blessed Advent season. Things are different for me this year. Amanda and I are sharing our first married Thanksgiving, Advent, and Christmas together. And I can feel the difference. There is more to expect, more to...

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All Saints Thoughts

Friends in Faith,  Luther chose the eve of All Saints' Day, October 31, to post his Ninety-Five Theses in Wittenberg because he wanted the crowds gathering for the feast day to see his challenge to the church. These two commemorations fall within a day of each...

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Community in Luke

Friends in Faith, This month I come to you still celebrating my recent wedding and celebrating the community at Faith Lutheran too! Amanda and I had an amazing time in Texas with family and friends, and I didn’t quite know I would feel all the things I was feeling...

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Finding Faith (a Sermon)

8/10/25, Luke 12:32-40 9th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C, Faith Lutheran Church Pastor Shaun O’Reilly Sometimes faith or belief can seem fickle. Like shifting sand. But maybe, in part, it’s because it’s always alive, and relational, and on the move.  Take this...

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When Jesus Prayed for You

When Jesus Prayed for You

When Jesus Prayed for You   A poetic meditation on Jesus' caring prayer for his disciples in his last days with them.     Recording Sermon given by Pastor Shaun O'Reilly at Faith Lutheran in Reno, NV on May 12, 2024  Gospel Text John 17:6-19 [Jesus...

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Love is So Large

Love is So Large

When Jesus Prayed for You   A poetic meditation on Jesus' caring prayer for his disciples in his last days with them.     Recording Sermon given by Pastor Shaun O'Reilly at Faith Lutheran in Reno, NV on March 31,2024  Gospel Text Mark 16:1-8  Now...

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God is Cross-High

God is Cross-High

God is Cross-High   St Patrick's day meets our theology of the cross--we find God in the lost and broken. "Lift high the cross" means look at God's love, broken among us, and become it too.     Recording Sermon given by Pastor Shaun O'Reilly at Faith...

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It Begins in the Wilderness

It Begins in the Wilderness

It Begins in the Wilderness   This Advent, as the nights grow darker, the days shorter, and we try to focus on the reset of this time in the midst of Christmas-mania. May you and I be heralds of glad tidings, may we speak tenderly to each other and to a...

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