Real-World Religion and the World of Warcraft, featuring Pastor Fisk
From time to time BJS has featured videos from Rev. Jonathan Fisk’s “Worldview Everlasting” youtube channel, where being relevant and technological doesn’t mean…
From time to time BJS has featured videos from Rev. Jonathan Fisk’s “Worldview Everlasting” youtube channel, where being relevant and technological doesn’t mean…
Sorry for the long and awkward headline. The only journalism class I had was in eighth grade. I wrote the headline that way to…
Issues, Etc. is having a contest to generate fans of the Issues Etc Facebook page: You can win a $50 gift certificate to…
I’ve added a page that talks about formatting text within your comments on this site. People have been asking for this, and I…
In addition to being Steadfast Lutherans in our own faith and holding our pastors up to the true doctrine, we need to be…
I wrote an article for Thrivent a few months ago about Lutheran hymnody and had the opportunity to interview some experts on the…
I had a brief conversation with a member of our congregation the other day, Cheryl Magness, wife of our cantor and she helped…
Posted a couple of days ago on LCMSnews, the constitutional amendments have been mailed to the congregations and are going through the process…
The Synod’s Communications Department has put together some early resources that you can download for your own use. Here’s how they explain the…
I’m still on a high from last week’s beautiful installation service at the chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus at Concordia Seminary…
With the discussions about Contemporary Worship happening on SteadfastLutherans, we thought it a good idea to repost this article by Pastor Sean L…
Last week also marked the first meetings of the newly formed International and National Mission Boards. I have no doubt that these boards…
In his sermon at the installation of President Harrison Bishop Walter Obare did the unthinkable. He took on the sacred cow of contemporary…
Rev. Paul McCain has some great pics and footage of today’s installation service of President Matthew Harrison’s staff. Go check them out. A…
If the Divine Service for the installation of President Matthew Harrison is any indication of what’s to come, then there are days of…
The installation service was beautiful and joyous and attended by many people. The crowd overflowed the chapel, in fact. Following the service, we…
If you are here reading this and not watching the installation service, please click here and watch it now.
Editor’s Note: Here is a fascinating report from BJS reader “Kebas” from my post earlier today. See comment #29. Got into St. Louis…
A while back I asked everyone to fill in the rest of this phrase: “If I were Matt Harrison I would…” BJS reader…
Well this is cool. Via Paul McCain, I found President Matthew Harrison’s three-fold emphases for our work together as the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod:…
I’m leaving in a little while to head down to St. Louis for the installation of President Harrison, the other officers and board…
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….
Editor’s Note: Over on another string Ron Beck asked a great question about Luther and his musical reforms (comment #79). He asked: I…
This week was the first week in which my congregation prayed for Presidents Gerald Kieschnick and Matthew Harrison according to their new status….
Our Concordias are a mess. Over a year ago we reported that several faculty members at Concordia – Chicago had signed a petition…