Wyneken wisdom
A few months ago my family had the pleasure of attending a lecture on Friedrich Conrad Dietrich Wyneken, the second president of the…
Month: February 2010
“We all have a vested interest in this case” – Clarity on the Oakland Situation from the Rev. Dr. Martin Noland
Yesterday we posted some news and commentary from Reclaim News on the intriguing situation with a congregation out in Oakland, California. The district…
Good (?) Stuff Found on the Web — Equipping Laypeople to give Pastoral Care
Sometimes I find the good, but sometimes I find the bad, as people submit things to me for pointing out to BJS readers….
The One Positive Difference Between the Health Care Summit and the Blue Ribbon Process, and Some Troubling Similarities, by Pr. Rossow
As the synod undergoes President Kieschnick’s attempted blue ribbon overhaul, it has been interesting to compare the process to President Obama’s unending, aborted…
FYI – Reclaim News Analysis of President Kieschnick’s Ash Wednesday Deposition, by Pr. Rossow
As many of our readers know, President Kieschnick has been deposed in a lawsuit involving the LCMS California/Nevada/Hawaii District and a parish in…
Excellent reading on Haiti
I know that our brothers and sisters in Haiti are in our thoughts and prayers. I wanted to commend for your reading this…
Great Stuff Found on the Web — Cross Focused Leadership for Missouri
CrossFocusedLeadership.org When you are “fishing around the Web,” you never know what new “fish” you might “catch.” My latest “catch” is “Cross-Focused Leadership…
On the benefits of working together
I was reading this nice little piece about how Michigan’s first Black LCMS congregation was started: In 1930, a group of black families…
General Pastoral Conference of the Northern Illinois District Passes Watered Down Motion on Cooperation with the ELCA
Brother of John the Steadfast Pastor Ben Ball of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Brookfield, Illinois passed this on to us this morning….
Arch Books
I grew up with a large library of Arch Books and I think that the simple rhymes and illustrations helped me learn my…
Higher Things Conferences filling up fast!
One of the things we at SteadfastLutherans promote is the Higher Things conferences and organization. They provide a truly lutheran set of gatherings…
Great Stuff Found on the Web: Video Promoting Issues Etc
Found on Pastor Weedon’s blog as well as a tweet from IssuesEtc: An advertisement for Issues, Etc. that highlights one of the shows…
Great Stuff Found on the Web — MercyJourney’s Post on A Little Book on Joy
Matt Harrison’s Little Book of Joy is designed for this season of the year, and he’s posted the following on his website, http://mercyjourney.blogspot.com….
Latest on KFUO-FM sale
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a committee opposed to the sale of KFUO-FM to Joy FM has filed a supplement to its…
Somebody has a Favorite New Name for the LCMS, by Pr. Rossow
Click on http://thelutheranchurchusa.com/ and see where it takes you. Apparently in some minds the LCMS name change has already taken place. Now I…
Turning “Have To” Into “Get To”, by Dan at Necessary Roughness
Dan at Necessary Roughness has a post talking about Ash Wednesday and our attitudes towards this season. By the sweat of your face…
Non-Lutheran named interim CEO of Concordia-Ann Arbor
Concordia University – Ann Arbor announced that they have hired Dr. Russell L. Nichols to serve as the university’s interim CEO. Nichols earned…
“Harrison” (by Pr. Charles Henrickson, the wag tailoring the doggerel)
One of the nice aspects of the BJS Conference is how much fun we have outside of the main program. Getting to meet…
ULMA March Meeting in Columbus
(Editor’s Note: ULMA is the United Lutheran Mission Association. They are an independent conservative Lutheran group of congregations. We publish regular reports from…
Transfiguration Afterglow from the BJS Conference, by Pr. Rossow
I look forward to the day when we will have a few thousand in attendance at our annual rally but in the meantime,…
BJS 2010 Conference — more audio
We are uploading audio from the BJS conference as quickly as we can — we’ve had some problems with the audio recording hardware…
BJS 2010 Conference Live Blogging
Last year we had a “Live Blogging” post on the site where participants could leave comments about the conference so people not able…
BJS 2010 Conference Presentation #1 — Klemet Preus
The Brothers and Sisters gathered tonight for registration and get-together. Klemet had session 1 of the presentation (below) and we shared excellent Chicago…
Up from the Nether Regions of the Stage Arises the Bully Pulpit…by Pr. Rossow
The bully pulpit is slowly rising out of the nether regions of the LCMS political stage and standing behind it is none other…
BJS Conference Schedule
The annual BJS Conference kicks off tomorrow afternoon at 4 PM with our welcome reception. We have had a few calls about the…