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
Trinity has hired Christy Hanson to serve as the new Director of the Trinity Preschool. Christy Hanson is married to Scott and they have four children: Whitney, Max, Faith, and Bella along with their fur baby, Mia. Whitney, Max, and Faith are in college and Bella is a 6th grader at Owatonna Middle School. Their … More Christy Hanson to Serve as the new Trinity Preschool Director
Last Sunday afternoon, members of Trinity Lutheran Church gathered on Zoom for our first-ever online annual meeting. I love annual meetings. I really do. And while I would much prefer meeting in-person, I can even love a meeting over Zoom when it has to happen that way. Annual meetings are when we get to talk … More Trinity Annual Meeting Recap: We’re Moving Forward
Simon Sinek, in his book Start With Why, argues that organizations that are successful and grow do so because they know, understand and live their “why.” (It’s a fantastic book, by the way. You can watch him doing an overview of the book on his TEDx talk on YouTube here) Trinity is preparing to launch … More We are Starting with Why
Five years ago yesterday, I walked in to Trinity Lutheran Church for the first time as its pastor. From one perspective seems like those five years have just flown by. And at the same time, it seems like I’ve been there forever. But five years is something of a milestone, and so I’ve been doing … More Reflections on My First 5 Years at Trinity
I believe that local congregations, like Trinity, strengthened by God’s Holy Spirit, are the hope of the world. And the difference between congregations that can really make a difference in their communities and those that cannot, is good leadership. This month, Trinity launches its “Leadership Series: Building Capacity, Courage and Community.” Our goal is to … More “Becoming a Leader People Love to Follow”
I remember the first time I was called in to a hospital room where the patient, an elderly gentleman, was dying and his family was, understandably, in crisis. I was doing my student chaplaincy at Unity Medical Center in Fridley, and while the man lying unconscious in the hospital bed was around 80 years old, … More With Full Confidence
On the surface, Trinity Lutheran Church is many different things: It is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America It is a community of believers (over 4,000), called together to grow disciples of Jesus Christ It is worship, faith formation for all ages, fellowship and service These are all accurate descriptions of our … More What is Trinity?
Test Driving Theology 