Redeeming Holy Days-Candlemas/Presentation
Candlemas is February 2nd, forty days after the birth of Christ it is the Festival of the Purification of Mary. The Gospel Lesson…
Candlemas is February 2nd, forty days after the birth of Christ it is the Festival of the Purification of Mary. The Gospel Lesson…
As LampLight Conversations is fast-approaching celebrating its first year of being on air, and it is beginning to get a bit snug in…
It took me awhile to get used to it. I look around at my fellow church members and I see an overwhelming numbers…
Christmas shopping is always an exciting endeavor. By exciting I mean terrifyingly hectic. By terrifyingly hectic I mean I wish I had gotten…
[To read the introductory post on this topic, as much of this advice builds upon and flows from the principles laid out in…
St. Matthew 4:12-25 January 26, 2014 AD Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and…
“On Us a Light Has Dawned” (Matthew 4:12-25) After Jesus was born in Bethlehem and grew up in Nazareth and was baptized in…
If you ask people why they come to church, they might say, “It makes me feel good.” There’s nothing quite like gathering together around…
We all recognize the question asked by Pontius Pilate in John 18:38, (my Latin students ought to recognize the question as Quid est…
My congregation, Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln, IL has been holding semiannual regional youth conferences since 2010. Our spring conference is always held…
[To read the introductory post on this topic, as much of this advice builds upon and flows from the principles laid out in…
“He must be a Lutheran; he sure sounds like one.” These were some of the first words out of my mouth when I…
Dr. Peter Scaer from last year’s Symposia – “Lutheran Support for Pro-Life: A Case of Faith Without Works?” http://media.ctsfw.edu.s3.amazonaws.com/symposia/2013/2013Symposia-12.mp4
If you don’t read “He remembers the barren” you are missing a blog that covers difficult life topics in a cross centered way….
It’s easy to think we’re smarter than we actually are. We live in a time when technology has put unprecedented amounts of information…
Horror of horrors! “American trust in clergy members hits new low.” So says an article at CBS-DC as it explains a recent Gallup poll….
While the audio player issues get ironed out I went hunting for some videos. This one is from Pr. Mark Jasa dealing with…
Recently I came across John Kieschnick’s article found in LCEF encouraging the pastor to familiarize himself with the giving amounts of his parishioners….
“Gifted Speakers” (John 1:29-42a; 1 Corinthians 1:1-9) Have you ever heard of the St. Louis Speakers Series? Every year there’s a series of…
[To read the introductory post on this topic, as much of this advice builds upon and flows from the principles laid out in…
Around the Word Journal produces weekly devotions for family and individuals, which are emailed every Wednesday. Signing up is free. The devotions include:…
The lead article in the December 2013 issue of Christianity Today (hereafter CT) was about the Colorado Springs megachurch called New Life and…
In part one of the Steadfast Lutheran Interview with Presbyterian Pastor, Tullian Tchividjian, I interviewed Tchividjian about his background and explored his various…
January 19, 2014 Sermon Text: St. John 1:29-42 Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our…
What if BJS became “neutral” on the First Commandment? That is to say we never came out saying which god is correct and…