Our thoughts impact our feelings. (We have control of our thoughts) Our feelings impact our actions. (We do not have control of our feelings) Our actions impact the world around us. Yet we spend our time and energy trying to control or change our feelings (which we cannot do) instead of trying to control our … More Thoughts, Feelings and Actions
I have four words for you which either should either strike terror in your hearts, or make you laugh. Are you ready? Ok: here they are: I went axe throwing. Yes, it’s true. For fun and sport, Lori and I went axe throwing. We were invited by some good friends to join them in an evening of hurling axes at … More Muscle Memory
One day, this will all be over. The majority of people will have received the vaccine, and we will again be free to sit close to each other, to take our masks off, and to shelve the term “socially distance.” I’m not sure when yet, but it will happen. One day. One day, this will … More One Day…
Dear friends, Trinity’s leadership has drafted a tentative plan to reopen our building and to prepare for when we can meet, talk and worship together again face-to-face. We are looking forward to the day when we are able to worship together again! We know that the church is built on relationships, centered on the grace … More Trinity’s Reopening Plan
In my years in ministry, I’ve walked into a lot of hospital rooms. And in doing all these visits, I’ve noticed something: I almost never visit the patient alone. With a few exceptions, they are never by themselves in the room. For that matter, it’s almost never the patient and a spouse, or significant other. … More Distant, but not Separate
I am one of those people who strongly resists playing Christmas music until after Thanksgiving. Don’t get me wrong…I love Christmas music. But I can only handle one holiday at a time, and when Christmas creeps earlier and earlier, it kind of dilutes the depth and meaning of the Advent season for me. But beginning … More A “Christian Christmas?”
As I write this, it’s 11:25pm local time in Wittenberg, Germany. Our group arrived in Wittenberg about 4.5 hours ago. Since then, we moved in to our housing, shred in a meal with others who are here for the event, gone to the first group meeting and participated in evening prayer at the Church of … More Luther500 Germany Trip Days 1 & 2
Has there ever been something that you really, really wanted…or maybe even something that you needed…and you just couldn’t quite get there? Maybe it’s a goal…or a hope…but it’s something that you’ve really been working towards…and it remains, elusively out of your reach. I’ve experienced that. I’m sure you have too. In my college years, … More So Close
In Trinity’s “Messenger” newsletter for August, I wrote about the experience of re-discovering the Book of Romans this summer as a part of our “Love Letters” summer sermon series. Here is a 29 day plan for reading the whole book. You can get it done before the school year begins and still have a few … More Romans in 29 Days
On August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped up to the podium and delivered his famous, “I Have a Dream” speech. It is a speech that has embedded itself into the DNA of American culture. At the very end of his speech, King … More Free
Test Driving Theology 