Major unrest regarding Blue Ribbon Task Force proposals
To Exercise Care and Delay Implementation z
“The financial crisis that Synod is facing”
If you go to this page on the Synodical website, you’ll see an appeal for funds for something called the 2010 National Offering….
Good Stuff Found on the … : Rev. Dr. Lawrence R. Rast, Jr on the Formation of the LC–MS
I originally read this article in the hardcopy (gasp! Not online!) edition of For the Life of the World, a magazine of Concordia…
Nothing says “Lutheran” like liturgical dance
I had the pleasure of being involved for several years with Confessional Lutheran youth gatherings. The group I was involved with is Higher…
Women’s Ordination Not a Dead Issue in the LCMS, by Pr. Rossow
The voices in support of women’s ordination in the LCMS have grown stronger and not weaker in the last few years as evidenced…
Live Blog from the ACL Conference (by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
“CONFESSING THE FAITH: IN LIGHT OF THE LUTHERAN CONFESSIONS” is the theme for “A Congress on the Lutheran Confessions,” sponsored by the Association…
I sure wish this was a misquote!
The Santa Cruz Sentinel has a story from last September headlined “Local Evangelical Lutherans applaud church’s decision allowing gay clergy.” It’s about the…
What do the nominations numbers mean? Part I
The nominations have been calculated and Rev. Matt Harrison has received 75% more nominations than his closest rival. Never, in synodical history has…
Good Stuff Found on the Web — Calendar Items and Matt Harrison in CT this weekend!
Did you notice on the Cross-Focused Leadership for Missouri Fan Page on Facebook the announcement that Pr Matt Harrison is speaking at St….
A tale of Two Synods?
When radio station KFUO AM was founded in 1924, the call letters stood for “Keep Forward, Upward, Onward.” But that was back in…
Good Stuff Found on the Web — The Musical Word on Pastoral Meanderings
I happened on this today over on Pastor Peters’ Pastoral Meanderings blog .. a home run to me. It talks about the first…
Good Stuff Found on the Web — Prayer And Spiritual Formation Workshop Part 2
A week ago I brought to your attention part one of Frank Gillespie’s series on his experience at one of the South East…
The Deep and Wide Appeal of Rev. Matt Harrison: Mercy, Missions, Management and More… by Pr. Rossow
The nomination numbers for the LCMS presidential election this summer portray the deep and wide appeal of Matt Harrison. His appeal is…
The Lutheran Calendar – April Nebraska Lutherans for Confessional Study Meeting
We received the announcement of the April meeting of the Nebraska Lutherans for Confessional Study and posted it on the Lutheran Calendar here….
Which do you Elevate Higher, the Offering Plates or the Body of Christ? by Pr. Rossow
Pastor Weedon has collected a great list of quotes from Luther and the Lutheran Confessions that support liturgical worship. One of them prompted…
Rev. Matt Harrison reacts to nomination totals
Earlier this week I shared some reports about how President Gerald Kieschnick reacted to the nomination totals. I also have news on how…
Good Bishop Sunday
When I was a young mission pastor I helped start a church which organized on Good Shepherd Sunday (this year April 18 or…
On women “fully participating as laity”
Discussions are almost always fun to follow over at the American Lutheran Publicity Bureau. That’s a site where folks of various Lutheran stripes…
The LCMS Missionary Numbers Shell Game According to Dr. James Tino (former LCMS missionary) by Pr. Rossow
Dr. James Tino is a former LCMS missionary. He is a clear, accurate and unbiased expert on how world missions under the current…
President Kieschnick reacts to nomination totals
When the rather lopsided presidential nomination results came out (Rev. Matthew Harrison: 1,332; Rev. Gerald Kieschnick: 755), I wondered whether we’d see a…
Who’s happy?
I was researching a quick post on how the recent news about nominations is being taken by supporters of President Kieschnick, and I’ll…
Nomination Numbers: What Does This Mean? By Rev. Martin Noland
The number of nominations for synodical president and vice-presidents were released last week. The most significant datum was the difference in nominations…
Great Stuff Found on the Web — Pastor Harrison on “Is the LCMS a Pseudo-Community?”
One of BJS’s faithful readers submitted this as something that would be useful to post. I know when I first read though It’s…
Pastor Harrison’s Picture
I hadn’t seen Matt Harrison’s picture lately in either the Witness or the Reporter. I figured that he was too busy traveling to…
Rev Matthew Harrison: Audio of “It’s Time” has been released
Rev. Matthew Harrison recorded IT’S TIME: LCMS UNITY AND MISSION. It is available here for listening. It may be freely distributed .. pass…