“Remember and Reform” John 8:31-36 Pastor Todd Buegler October 24-25, 2015 Reformation Weekend Trinity Lutheran Church Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, and from Jesus, the Son of God and Savior of the world! Amen. The protestant reformation began on October 31st, 1517 in Wittenberg, Germany, when Martin Luther nailed 95 theses, … More Remember and Reform
This morning, Pastor Justin Vetrano, who is on the leadership team for the Luther500 Festival leader’s event that I’m attending in Wittenberg, Germany, spoke briefly at our morning prayer service. He wondered about the streets and the floors. He talked about the cobblestones on the street that run throughout the town. How long had they … More Where We Walk
Tomorrow, I will begin a journey from Owatonna to Wittenberg, Germany. I’ll leave home around 8am. 17 hours, Four airports, 1 bus ride and 4,813 miles later I will arrive in Wittenberg. Once I land in the Berlin airport, I’ll be joining up with a group of pastors and church leaders and we’ll begin a 7 … More Looking for Luther
This was first published in the Owatonna People’s Press on September 12, 2015. As I write this, our two boys are midway through their first day of school. This morning Lori and I had them line up in front of the house for the obligatory “first day of school photo” that we’ve been taking every … More All Things New
This is another in the series of posts responding to “Faith and Life Questions” that were asked last fall. This is a 2-part question: 1) Q: “How do you find balance between fully using the talents God gave and being exhausted?” 2) Q: “Packers or Vikings?” Great questions. And in your first one, you nailed … More Finding Balance
I’m a graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College Pastor Dean graduated from Wittenberg University Both our youth ministers, Kate and Chris graduated from Augsburg College Sheri, who works with our youth education ministries graduated from Concordia College Polly, who welcomes people to our building and manages our database and building schedule, graduated from Luther College Jessica, … More The Lutheran College Thing
On Friday, January 2, John Petersburg will begin his second term at the Minnesota House of Representatives, where he will serve as the legislator from our district. Since 1997, John has served here at Trinity as our congregational administrator. In that role, he has had oversight of our day-to-day operations, our financial record-keeping, supervising our … More Mr. Petersburg Goes to St. Paul
Test Driving Theology 