Posts of devotional and other material submitted to the Trinity Times newsletter.
SERMON All Saints 2017 By Pastor Leo E. Longan Today of all days in the calendar is OUR day, a day to celebrate who WE are. Every day in the church year is FOR us, but today is ABOUT us. By US, of course, I mean Read More …
by Doris Tegge – In Sunday School we have spent most of October studying about Martin Luther. The story of the Protestant Reformation is a good one, but how is something that happened 500 years ago relevant to young people? The truth is that human Read More …
Luther’s Gethsemane By Rev. Emmanuel N. Ilagan – Apart from Luther’s nailing of the 95 theses in Wittenberg (1517) the other crucial event of the reformation of the western Christian church was the Diet of Worms (pronounced “Deet of Vorms) in 1521. The Diet of Read More …
Laborers in the Vineyard By Pastor Emmanuel N. ILAGAN Trinity Lutheran Matt. 20:1-16 — Sept 24, 2017 KEY MESSAGE: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. It is good to be back and Read More …
SERMON Lectionary 24a 2017 Forgiveness; Seventy Times Seven Times By Pastor Leo E. Longan Peter comes to Jesus today with a loaded question about the limits of forgiveness: if another member of the church injures me, how many times do I have to forgive him? Jesus’ Read More …
SERMON Lectionary 21a 2017 Confession of Peter/OUR TOWN By Pastor Leo E. Longan Our gospel today, the story of Peter’s confession, for some reason reminds me of a beautiful moment in Thornton Wilder’s play OUR TOWN, in which a young girl, Rebecca, tells her brother George Read More …
The PAX DOMINI By Rev. Emmanuel N. ILAGAN My personal circumstances have limited the meaning I ascribe to the greeting “Peace be with you” — until a few days ago. I have always thought of the greeting that we say to each other during Sunday Read More …
FROM THE PASTOR: “BEAR YE ONE ANOTHER’S BURDENS AND SO FULFILL THE LAW OF CHRIST” (GALATIANS 6:2) The current health care crisis in our beloved country weighs heavily on my heart. Though I don’t expect it will affect me personally (I just went on Medicare), Read More …
Perfect Love Casts Out Fear By Doris Tegge On May 22, 2017, a terrorist exploded a shrapnel bomb in a crowded venue in Manchester England just as the concert goers were getting ready to leave. 22 innocent persons were killed, including many under 16 years Read More …
In the title song and dance number of the movie “Singing in the Rain”, Gene Kelly is caught in a torrential downpour as he walks home in the evening. It is drenching wet and he is catching a cold, yet although there are storm clouds Read More …