ULC Purchase Agreement signed…
District Sells to Doran The link is from a friend… What are the consequences of this? Is there still a way to…
District Sells to Doran The link is from a friend… What are the consequences of this? Is there still a way to…
This letter came across to my wife’s facebook, and then when I finally joined facebook (I held out until now) I was able…
Here is my attempt to allow others to see the widespread impact of God’s work through the University Lutheran Chapel in Minneapolis and…
Disclaimer: This article is not against the practice of early communion, as it still can reflect faithful instruction, examination, and pastoral care. I…
Young and old, it is becoming common. Even on my Concordia Plan “Be Well, Serve Well” survey (courtesy of CareAllies) it talks about…
I presented the following for the congregation I serve during their annual Planning Council. I think it could be useful for discussion. Life…
No, seriously, it was a family vacation of sorts. Highlights: visiting friends in Nebraska and commiserating about parsonages, including the care congregations can…
This question came to mind because I was recently driving around Cheyenne and noticed a “New Testament Christian Church”. Simple question, hopefully will…
Just last weekend numerous congregations in the LCMS used the prayers released by our Synod for the Prayer of the Church. This is…
From this article on Foxnews it seems Campus Crusade for Christ is changing its name. https://www.foxnews.com It appears like Campus Crusade for Christ…
I was alerted to this article just this evening from the Chicago Tribune. See it here. Here is what our continued experience with…
I recently read the Reporter article about continued LCMS-ELCA talks (see it here.) This post is a continued discussion based upon my previous…
Today (at least out here in the Mountain Time Zone) it is still June 25th, the 481st anniversary of the Augsburg Confession. Some…
Ok, it’s just a play on words, the good folks at Redeemer are not going off the deep end into the error-laden world…
[poll id=”5″] I heard on my local talk radio tonight that Michelle Bachmann will be running for President this time around. Sarah Palin…
In my recent post about Rev. Curtis’ papers bringing election into the evangelism discussion there were many lively comments. I also noticed in…
I just finished re-reading one of my favorite papers on liturgy and indifferent matters written by our now Synod President. It can be…
Many times at conferences and conventions certain congregations and pastors are paraded forward as fine examples for the rest of us to emulate. …
Rev. Heath Curtis has rendered a great service to the Church. He has published his papers and audio recordings from his presentation to…
I stumbled across this story on the ELCA and how the great turbulence after the 2009 Assembly has largely disappeared. Here is the…
Update: A fellow pastor helped raise attention to the original article on some points that I needed to make more clear – thanks…
Recently, there has been a lot of posts about the campus ministry situation in Minneapolis. If you look at all of the various…
Over the past years of my personal study of the Lutheran Confessions, I have noticed something that I think I have often experienced…
One of the first postings I wrote on BJS had to do with the ongoing pulpit shortage in the LCMS (other Lutherans are…
Many erring church bodies accept the idea of believer’s baptism on the premise that there is a certain amount of innocence in children…