Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Sermons

Listen to Pr. Michelle Sevig's sermon from November 25/26, 2017 "...I didn’t notice Christ in the Margins, the icon. And how true is it for all of us that we don’t notice Christ in the Margins, the people? Who are they? What are their vulnerabilities? What are they longing for? It’s too simple to reduce this passage to an “if, then” statement. If we volunteer at the pantry or drop a few coins in a...

Listen to Pr. Craig Mueller's sermon from November 11/12, 2017 "...Amid the drowsiness, the dreariness, and the dullness, we keep vigil. The attendants wait for the arrival of the bridegroom. Not unlike the Easter Vigil, in which we watch for Christ to come among us and break the bands of lethargy and death. Yet as we heard in the first reading, our hope is not in human striving alone as that can...

"In the hope of the resurrection, in thanksgiving for the saints, and with reverence for the earth and the cycle of nature, God holds space for us to be with all that it means to be human, including dying. For all of us go down to the dust, but even at the grave we make our song: Alleluia. For today we dine with those who have before us. This is the feast of victory for our God." Pr. Craig Mueller...

You may not have a coin on you, but you are God’s treasure. Holy Trinity has a radical welcome because every human person is worthy of dignity and honor. In other words, because all people are coined in the divine image, we give to God. We join the holy work of caring for our vulnerable earth. And for our siblings—friend and foe. It’s hard work. So in all the trick questions of life, and because o...

"Yes, you have put on Christ. You are dressed and ready for the ongoing feast of life. God does not enforce this dress code or punish us as the king in today’s parable. Instead, God invites us over and over again to be present, to share in joy with others, to be engaged in the abundant life God offers in the kindom. When God is the host, the food is rich beyond our imagination or understanding. So...

"...Sometimes it takes imagination, and making the best of a bad situation, as Gladys Knight sang. But that’s why we come together. So God may lift us up. To lift one another up. And then to press on to a future in which God promises to be faithful. For here’s the thing: God keeps on, keepin’ on. And that’s our hope." Pastor Craig Mueller's Sermon from October 7/8, 2017

" ...In Jesus we have met a God who will not abandon the vulnerable and marginalized bodies of the world, but welcomes them first into the reign of God. Because of that, in the bible’s imagery, in this great liturgy, “every knee will bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth.” Because of God’s faithfulness to all the broken and despised bodies of the world, scripture imagines the whole cosm...

Pr. Michelle Sevig's sermon from September 23/24, 2017 "Instead of comparing ourselves to others, let’s create room for grace to emerge. Let’s refuse to compete in such a way that there must be winners and losers. Let’s trust that in God’s world there is enough for everyone. Let’s let go of expectations of what people deserve and trust that God will pay whatever is right and it will always be more...

"What does a process of forgiveness look like for our inherent racism when for so long racism has not lessened, but simply continued to adapt into new forms from slavery, to Jim Crow, and nowadays to mass incarceration?" Listen to Pastor Ben Adams' sermon from September 16/17

Listen to Pastor Craig Mueller's sermon from September 10, 2017 "You can tell where this is going. You can see it on his face. You can hear it in her voice. I think we need to talk. We’ve got a problem. You listen carefully, a bit on your guard, and then realize that you are the problem. Either your boss is not satisfied with your work. Your spouse is upset that you don’t do your share around the...

"Maybe we are called to be losers. Yet in an era when people are trying to find themselves, to find purpose, to find, meaning, to find success, to find love, to find happiness, the message of “how to be a loser,” deny yourself and take up your cross sounds like a losing proposition" Pr. Craig Mueller 's sermon from September 2/3, 2017

Pr. Ben Adams' sermon from August 26/27 Who are you? Identity is complicated, but there is only one truth of our identity that actually connects us to all people, all creation, even the cosmos.

Pastor Craig Mueller's sermon from August 20, 2017 | Lectionary 20a | Isaiah 56:1, 6-8; Matthew 15:21-28 | "Did he just say that? That racial slur? It’s time to take a stand. To take him aside and teach him that hateful comments coming from a prominent leader reinforce prejudice. To remind him that from our faith perspective, we will not allow statements that demean a person of another race, gende...