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Listen to sermons from Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.

Dec 31, 2018

2018 is nearly gone and 2019 is almost here. In this time of making (and breaking) resolutions, we can try to do everything on our own. The culture tells us that we can do anything if we set our minds on it and work hard. Want to lose weight, just try harder and it will happen. Want to be nicer, well try harder and just...


Dec 25, 2018

“And Mary gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” (Luke 2:7) There was no room for Jesus. This shouldn’t surprise us. To this day, it is quite easy to be unable to find room for Jesus in the life of the world or...


Dec 23, 2018

Today is the 4th Sunday of Advent. Homes are decorated, Christmas Cards are arriving. Some cards will have scenes of Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus with halos on their heads, surrounded by well-behaved animals. The picture looks planned, so well arranged, so peaceful. Not a stress in the world. Everyone is in their...


Dec 17, 2018

There are a lot of things that I don’t recognize these days.  This country is hard to recognize.  This town has changed so much it is hard to recognize.  Sometimes when I look in the mirror in the morning, I wonder where that young 20 year old went and I have a hard time recognizing who the middle aged person is...


Dec 10, 2018

Advent calls us to prepare not just our homes for Christmas, but our lives for the fulfillment of the Reign of God when Christ comes in glory. Trouble is, we often feel rather helpless and passive in the face of that event. Is waiting just standing around until God makes all things new? For Paul, the Christian life is a...