Sermons and Thoughts from Pastor Todd
Dear friends, On Sunday, Trinity’s congregational council made the decision to carefully re-start indoor worship in the sanctuary. This will begin Sunday, October 18 and will take place only during the 10:45am worship … Continue reading Trinity Goes Back to Face-to-Face Worship…Carefully
We are just one week away from the 2nd anniversary of the tornado that came through Owatonna, September 20th, 2018. Remember that one? For a couple of days, the power … Continue reading Today We Start With Why
Sam, our youngest son, and I were on a canoe trip in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area trip a couple of weeks ago. We’d been paddling up along the Canadian … Continue reading Crossing Boundaries
Human beings have an interesting and sometimes complicated relationship with our own emotions. As children, we try to learn to manage them. Everything is immediate and everything is a crisis. … Continue reading From Compassion to Action
There is a line in today’s Gospel story that has caught my attention. Jesus is telling a parable about how someone has polluted a wheat field with weeds. In the … Continue reading Be Where Your Feet Are
As the pandemic has drawn on (and on…and on…and on…), an interesting debate has emerged about the role of face masks – their effectiveness and their necessity. I will be … Continue reading Faith, Liberty and Face Masks
I have been looking forward to this week’s reading from the Gospel of Matthew for weeks. Really, I have. For at least a month, we’ve been plowing away through these … Continue reading Patina
I recently read an article about a project called StoryCorps. StoryCorps was the brainchild of a man named Dave Isay, who is a documentary film maker. Isay got permission to … Continue reading From the Rooftops
The Spirit comes. Whether we see it or not…whether we sense it or not…whether we ask for it or not…the Spirit comes. And today we remember this gift, the gift … Continue reading The Spirit Comes…
It is horrible, and my heart breaks. George Floyd was restrained. He wasn’t fighting or resisting. In fact, he was begging “please.” Watching the video, I can think of no … Continue reading Race, Violence and George Floyd
In the fall of my senior year of high school, I had applied to colleges, and I was awaiting their answer. That is a time of anxiousness. Back then you … Continue reading When Jesus’ Prayers Are For You
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 … Continue reading Trinity’s Reopening Plan
