Merry Christmas From Trinity! From our family at Trinity Lutheran Church in Faribault, Minnesota, we send our heartfelt prayers to you and your family.  May this Christmas celebration gives you peace and hope. Jesus came as a baby to live among us. Be with us. Teach us. Be a perfect example to us. And, most importantly, die for us. The ultimate Christmas gift is ours! We do not deserve this gift. But our God lovesRead More

Truce! It is so hard to believe, that in the heat of battle, in one of the most horrific wars the face of this planet has ever seen, civility could break out, at least for a time. This happened on Christmas Eve, 1914, late in the evening when British and German forces, arrayed across from each other in foxholes on the Western Front, stopped shooting at each other and instead, sang to each other. OnRead More

Celebrating a Birth! We’re down to the final week before we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ! What a joyous time! Knowing that God loved us, the totally unworthy sinners, so much that he sent Jesus to be with us and die for us. He came to us just as any other person. The baby Jesus was special. He lived as one of us. But yet, He knew He had a job toRead More

The Christmas Feast Christmas is coming. It is a joyous time of feasting. The Church feasts upon the Word of God in sermon, song, and sacrament. We hear the proclamation of the message of the angels: “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord” (LukeRead More

The Word of the Lord. John 1:14: “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”  All other revelries connected to Christmas are a pointless display unless behind them there is an appreciation of the amazing event that Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem to be our Savior and Lord. The closeness of God isRead More