Holy Trinity Ankeny

Holy Trinity Ankeny

By Pastor Timothy OlsonReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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Holy Trinity Ankeny episodes

  • The Story I'm Sticking To
    We all have our own stories that tell us a little about who we are as human beings. Our individual stories, however, are connected to bigger stories that give meaning and impart identity. As people of Christ, our lives are part of the story of God’s saving work in all creation. When trials come we can live by the stories told to us by culture and a broken world, or we can cling to the story of Jesus Christ to give us direction and save us from the time of trial. That’s the story I’m sticking to…
    19 min
  • Honest to God

    To have a real relationship with God (or anyone, for that matter) we must be honest. Sadly, saying “Honest to God,” is often a sign we’re lying. Being honest to God begins with being honest with ourselves. On Ash Wednesday the mark of the cross in ashes on our brow tells us the truth: we are finite, and death is inescapable; we are of the dust, formed form the very fabric of the earth itself; we are marked with the cross of Christ, which brings hope in the midst of hard truth.

    23 min
  • Something Beautiful
    Through the event of the Transfiguration, the glory of God is made known in Jesus with an absolute shimmering radiance of Jesus’ face and body. The disciples are not transfigured, but instead, will be transformed later in their ministry. If God can transfigure Jesus, and if God can transfigure the disciples, God can transform us to bring light to the ugly places in the world.
    18 min
  • Salt and Light
    What makes us Christian? Is it beliefs? Stands on a social issues? A feeling? Jesus tells his disciples that being a Christian (a follower of Jesus) makes you salt in a bland and bitter world. It makes you light in the darkness. If you don’t add flavor, heat, illumination to the world as you live, well – you’ve lost your way. This sermon explores how we lose our “saltiness” or cover up our light.
    20 min
  • This Little Light

    We live in a dark world. It doesn't take long to come to that realization if you look around this world for any time at all. But God has called us and claimed us as children of light. And we shine our light, our little light, into that darkness.

    18 min
  • Dim Bulbs and the Light of Christ
    As we receive the light of Christ in Word and sacrament, we are then sent out to reflect it in the dark corners we encounter. We are God’s plan. Generous hearts and hands and lives shine God’s light brightly. When we are not generous, we are just dim bulbs.
    19 min
  • It's Not the Sermon They Expected
    Today Jesus preaches in his hometown church. They are thrilled that the hometown boy is back, and his reputation for healings and other good works precedes him. But they didn’t hear the sermon they expected, and their joy and excitement turns into anger and rage. Listen to what they heard Jesus preach, and see if you would react any differently.
    19 min
  • The MIraculous Body of Christ
    Have you ever thought it would be easier to trust God if a few of those miracles from scripture happened today? Maybe they do. Would it be a miracle if people could actually transcend differences and come together around a common purpose? Paul thinks so as he teaches about the presence of Christ in the world as the Body of Christ – the people of God. What if you and the gathered people of God are actually the miracle we all need?
    23 min
  • Motto
    Companies have many different mottos. If there is a motto that would describe today’s culture it might be, “there’s not enough.” We operate in a culture where everything is scarce, except rules. Where the world says there isn’t enough (food, money, time, or grace), Jesus shows us differently. In the Kingdom of God, there is abundance. Jesus declares, “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly."
    18 min
  • I Love You. You are Mine.
    God’s word to the people of Judah who are facing the collapse of everything they hold dear and the chaos and suffering of life is: I love you, you are mine. (Isaiah 43)
    This pronouncement is made over us as we are baptized, giving us an identity and purpose that transcends all the other attempts to make us fear and doubt ourselves in this world. When the government is shutdown, the economy uncertain and even the church seems to be fading, God still proclaims this essential truth.
    17 min

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