Holy Trinity Ankeny

Holy Trinity Ankeny

By Pastor Timothy OlsonReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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Holy Trinity Ankeny episodes

  • The Importance of Meals
    Tonight’s texts center around meals. Meals are more than just nourishment for the body, they are also about relationships. Jesus uses a meal with his disciples to teach what he demonstrates to his disciples. Listen as Jesus empties himself in serving and in love.
    17 min
  • The Way Things Are
    The advice of this world is acceptance. When bad things happen, you just have to accept it; get over it; move on; because that’s the way things are. Yet, deep in our souls, we know that the way things are is not the way they should be. Being cloistered in our homes, fearful of a bug that we can’t even see just doesn’t seem right. Hungry kids, racism, violence and death just don’t seem right. So, is thinking about the way things should be just wishful thinking? Not on Palm Sunday…
    19 min
  • All Shall be Well
    Our sermon is based on John's story of Lazarus (John 11).
    Where Jesus is, there is life. Jesus takes death and turns it into life.
    17 min
  • I Can See Clearly Now
    The gospel of John offers a wondrous story of how Jesus restores the sight of a man born blind. It is not just his eyes that see by the end of the story, but his heart. He sees Jesus. The other folks in the story? Not so much. In this time of Covid-19 disruptions, the question is, can we see the world as Christ does? Can we see, in the midst of the chaos, the creative work of God?
    14 min
  • Unexpectedly Beloved

    Dear friends in Christ, our world is facing a challenge the likes of which have not been seen in many of our lifetimes. In the coming weeks we will be called anew to see and acknowledge those unnamed women at the well in our own communities. In the coming weeks, we may even see ourselves in the woman at the well, paralyzed by fear and questioning what the future holds. In those moments, know that our God is the One who always meets us where we are with living water and the promise of new life. We therefore hear God’s call not in fear but as people who are empowered through the confidence of knowing that we are beloved. And so, we go. We go to the margins, we go to the unexpected beloved, we go to share God’s love.

    15 min
  • Beloved Son. Beloved World.
    John 3:16 is one of the most known verses in the New Testament. It is part of the story of Nicodemus, who approaches Jesus one night to size up this miracle worker. Why does he need the cover of darkness? My guess is fear… of many things. His fear keeps him in the dark and his faith in the closet. All the while, Jesus is offering something that gives light – the love of God. Why do we prefer darkness to light? Fear to love?
    19 min
  • Temptation of the Beloved Son
    We are taking the beginning steps in our forty day Lenten journey. These are forty days to slow down and examine ourselves, our relationship to God, and our relationship to our neighbors. Jesus begins his forty days after his baptism in the wilderness. Led by the Spirit, he fasts and is famished. The devil is right there to tempt him. What does temptation look like? Listen and find out how God’s beloved Son deals with temptation, and hear what brings us hope when our lives are bombarded with temptation.
    19 min
  • Who is this Jesus?
    On the Feast of the Transfiguration we encounter a Christ who shines with the glory of heaven, consorts with the greatest leaders of Israel, and is proclaimed the beloved Son of God by the very voice of God. This Jesus reveals his identity as one with the very power that makes everything exist. Is that, however, the whole story? Matthew tells us there is another whole side to the identity of this Jesus.
    15 min
  • Choose Life
    At the end of the day, whether we succeed or fail, it is always God and only God who guarantees the growth of the Kingdom, and God never gives up. So, brothers and sisters in Christ, at every opportunity, choose life so that you and your descendants may live, loving the LORD your God, obeying him, and holding fast to him; for that means life to you and length of days. Live with a higher calling. Choose life.
    19 min
  • Why Worship?
    People come to worship expecting lots of things. Some want to feel good, others want to be challenged. Some seek affirmation, others insight. In the end however, if the worship expectations are about us, we may be disappointed. God sets the agenda for our encounter with God is worship is God’s alone. We should never expect to be left the same as when we gathered. We are to be salt, light, hope, grace in a world that desperately needs all of that and more. How do we worship?
    16 min

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