Holy Trinity Ankeny

Holy Trinity Ankeny

By Pastor Timothy OlsonReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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Holy Trinity Ankeny episodes

  • A Blessed and Enviable Life
    Who are the blessed and enviable people? The world would have us believe it is the rich, self-sufficient, the powerful, those with smooth skin, the athletic, those who have a dog, and last but not least, those who are Scandinavian as research shows they are the happiest people. Jesus turns the world's values upside down. Listen to hear why the blessed and enviable people might be different than who you think and why that might be.
    17 min
  • Unity Around the Cross
    So, for this seemingly impossible task in this seemingly impossible time, we start at a seemingly impossible place: the cross. When we start at the cross, we find that the things that divide us, the things that cause us fear, are broken down and unity reigns.
    15 min
  • All About Jesus

    Paul knows the congregation has lots of troubles. Their dysfunction is not revealing the hope of Christ to anybody. We live in a world, not unlike Corinth, where the Church is as likely to reveal despair as it is hope. The opening of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians sets a tone for how he will address the bad behavior and revive hope in the congregation then and now. It all has something to do with Jesus…

    15 min
  • Words
    Words are important. We use them everyday to communicate in casual conversation, work correspondence, and handling basic activities around the house. Words are the building blocks of communication. Today we hear some important words for God at the baptism of Jesus. I invite you to hear those words and listen to what they mean for you.
    18 min
  • The Disappointment of Christmas
    As the twelve days of Christmas comes to a close once again we might wonder what difference it makes that the “Prince of Peace” was born. The hope we are supposed to have in a world changed by Christ seems a disappointment on every front. So, what is one to do? Maybe hope – real hope – is found elsewhere. Perhaps Matthew points the way as he tells us the story of the gentile astrologers from the despised places of the world.
    18 min
  • God Moves into the Neighborhood

    We are called to the work of Christmas, not just during this twelve-day feast but all year long. As we prepare to begin another new year and another decade, we are called anew to witness to a changed reality, to the hope that has been born in us. We are called to proclaim to the world that the darkness has not overcome the light, to be messengers who bring good news, who announce salvation, who say to the world “Your God Reigns!”

    14 min
  • Inflatable Jesus

    Our best attempts to have a Merry Christmas often end up like inflatable holiday lawn decorations – deflated and unplugged from the light. In a world that frightens us and causes despair, we need something more than “good cheer” because the world so often seems against us.  Hope is born when Christ is born. Hope becomes real when God is incarnate among us. Hope is born if we can trust that the universe is bent toward love.

    16 min
  • Mercy Not Sacrifice

    Matthew declares that Jesus is “God with us.” But what kind of God do we get? Matthew begins to reveal the answer in the story of Joseph, a righteous, (read law-abiding) man faced with a dilemma: what to do with what appears to be an unfaithful fiancé. Listen to the law or God’s messenger who speaks to his heart? In the story of his family tree he finds an answer.

    20 min
  • We Hope. We Expect. We Wait.
    We are called to wait, to be patient until the coming of the Lord. The waiting we are called to, however, is in no way passive. We are called to strengthen our hearts, to wait with active expectation that doesn’t hesitate to ask tough questions and confront the ills of the world head-on. This is, really, what Advent is all about: a call to the rejuvenation of our discipleship and a revitalization of our faith to welcome Christ into our midst with renewed vigor.
    15 min
  • Faithful Malcontents

    Anyone else tired of the world the way it is? Anyone tired of hearing that rottenness and pain are just the way things are and won’t change? In this season of Advent we prepare for the reign of God to come and wipe away our tears; to put an end to injustice… and we, like John the Baptist, seem a little cranky about the wait. Advent is about preparing for the transformation God is bringing to our world and to our own hearts and minds. Come, Lord Jesus!

    19 min

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