Tag: cross

For All the Saints

November 2, 2025

Jerry Buegler.  Elmer Buegler.  Gertrude Buegler.  Grace Moody.  Elliott Moody.  Lyle Tjosaas.  Carol Tjosaas.  Phillip Moody.  Charles Moody.  Jim Campbell.  Kimberly Devine-Johnson.  Tom Hunstad.  Matthias Meester.  Robert Roubik.   These are my names.  The names of people, precious to me, who over the years I have lost.  These are my names. You have your names.  Your own list of people that you have known and loved, and who have died in faith.  When … More For All the Saints

When Time Slows Down

February 28, 2023

The older I get; the faster time seems to move.  Does it work that way for you?  I mean really…today is Ash Wednesday, it’s already the beginning of Lent.  Didn’t we just celebrate Christmas a couple of weeks ago?  It sure feels that way. It makes sense when you think about it.  When I was 10 years old, a year?  It … More When Time Slows Down

To Tell the Truth

March 1, 2021

In my younger days, I would take youth groups out on cross-country trips to build homes with Habitat for Humanity.  On the night before we left, we would always gather with families for a short worship service.  And at that worship, we would give every young person who was going a small cross, on a leather lanyard. … More To Tell the Truth

Breath of Life

February 18, 2021

We do it without even thinking about it. Somewhere between 12 and 16 times a minute, our chest contracts and then expands, and our lungs fill with air. The lungs extract oxygen, which our body uses to pump our blood, move our limbs, and power our thoughts. We do this over and over, from birth, … More Breath of Life

This Changes Everything

September 12, 2018

The resurrection changes everything Everything. The resurrection of Jesus Christ has been called the single-most significant event in human history.  It has been called the event that changed our relationship with God, and with each other.  It has been called the event that shifted the way that humans think about the way they relate to … More This Changes Everything

This Changes Everything

June 26, 2018

As I write this, Trinity’s group of 47 youth and adult leaders are traveling to the ELCA Youth Gathering in Houston, Texas. Right now they are somewhere in Oklahoma, and are about 5 driving hours away from their destination.  I’m pretty certain that they are all looking forward to getting off of the bus, getting … More This Changes Everything