Category: Mollie Hemingway

I haven’t heard what former Synodical President Gerald Kieschnick plans to do post-presidency, but it looks like it may not happen in St….

This week was the first week in which my congregation prayed for Presidents Gerald Kieschnick and Matthew Harrison according to their new status….

My pastor told me that one of his professors wisely warned him “Beware the fight.” He was pointing out that while it’s important…

I just saw this brief story about a celebration planned at Zion Lutheran Church in Mission Valley, Texas, Sunday. The reason? They’re joining…

Christianity Today‘s Mark Galli looks at how consultants would have advised the early church to improve preaching and other issues in this dead-on…

I just stumbled across this delightful Lutheran Witness article. I think it might have been written in 1916. I had to share it…

From, of all places, the LCMS. It’s a great interview with solid questions: What is your reaction to your election? You will now…

The installation of new officers, including President-elect Matthew Harrison, will take place Sept. 11 at the Chapel of Saint Timothy and Saint Titus…

Religion News Service (which is a wire service focused on religion news) is running a Q&A with Rev. Matt Harrison. Here’s a snippet:…

I have been so busy talking with folks and watching the events on the floor that I have failed to keep you all…

Just wanted to pop in and give an update on the convention. As you’ve already heard, some of the major restructuring passed with,…

I know you shouldn’t enjoy a hot, sticky, muggy city like Houston is, but I am having a blast down here. The locals…

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch today, an article on restructuring: The vote on restructuring has been five years in the making. Kieschnick is…

Religion reporter Brad Greenberg, a colleague of mine at GetReligion.org, has an article in the Wall Street Journal today about the difference between…

I just saw this great article in the Herald-Journal about the Higher Things conference that’s going on in Logan, Utah, right now. It…

As active as our commenting community here at BJS is, our posts produce even more activity that goes on behind the scenes. Like…

A few days ago, I wrote about one of JesusFirst’s campaign pieces that said some pretty horrible things about one of Synod’s most…

One of my friends is a lay delegate to the convention. He and I don’t always agree on church-related matters. He is a…

I was talking with a delegate who received campaign material yesterday in support of the Rev. Gerald B. Kieschnick. No, not the discredited…

Earlier today, Jesus First (the political arm that supports President Kieschnick) sent its ninth letter (yes, ninth!) to delegates to the LCMS convention….