The Council of Presidents has just published a series of theses on worship under the signature of President Kieschnick. The optimist in me…
I will be spending the next few days at the Northern Illinois District (NID) South region pastors conference where we are hearing Professor…
If you are concerned about District Presidents promoting non-Lutheran resources to the pastors and laity under their supervision then we ask you to…
Over on the original post on this story BJS member and columnist Scott Diekmann shared the apology he received from North Wisconsin District…
(Submitted by Pastor Rossow, Bethany Lutheran Church and School, Naperville – Illinois.) The Bethany-Naperville Chapter of the Brothers of John the Steadfast got…
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was a popular game show on television called “Family Feud.” In the show, two families…
The October 2009 edition of the Northern Herald of the North Wisconsin District (NWD) includes an edition of the Parish Paper that encourages…
Marty Noland wrote an excellent comment on Klemet Preus’s post on the pre-convention convention. It is worth sharing with the all our readers…
A notice has gone out from the Synod Office for Travel and Meeting that a series of “gatherings” will take place this winter…
There are many devotional sources around the web that will deliver to your inbox a new short piece to help you in your…
(We thank BJS reader J. West for pointing this story out to us.) The ELCA website has posted a letter from Bishop Mark…
In President Kieschnick’s recent “Leadership News,” he lists what he sees as “matters about which we in the LCMS are not in agreement.”…
President Kieschnick inserts a glossy two-page, full color flier into each Reporter that he calls “Leadership News.” In the most recent edition of…
Are you traveling this fall or want to visit other liturgical congregations in an area? The ELLC (Evangelical-Lutheran Liturgical Congregations) website has had…
A St. Louis site has a post up titled “Why So Secretive About The KFUO-FM Sale?” I don’t know much about the specifics…
The fund-raising efforts of the Brothers of John the Steadfast are intended to promote new Lutheran media. Currently Issues, Etc. is our sole…
(Sorry Rev. Starke, I couldn’t resist the headline.) This post certainly qualifies for the “ridiculous to the sublime” category. Earlier today Charlie Henrickson…
We had our circuit forum yesterday. I get to spend a week down in Habitat for Humidity again next July. GOIN’ BACK TO…
(Editor’s Note: Apparently the Acorn undercover investigation has sparked similar ventures into other areas including the church. We thank Rev. Andrew Eckert for…
Four and Twenty + Blackbirds is one of the most unique Lutheran blogs going. It is a collection of some twenty pastors who…
Here is an important interview of Rev. Ken Schurb by Issues, Etc. host Rev. Todd Wilken. Church politics may be boring and may…
Higher Things (HT) announced the location of its national gatherings for next summer. They will be held in Logan, Utah (June 29 –…
Right now we’re at the peak of the circuit forum season, with the election of convention delegates to be completed by October 10….
Topics come and go on the blogosphere. I am starting to get a feel for the curious ebb and flow of opinion floating…
Do you want to hear it like it is? Then join us for the Brothers of John the Steadfast National Conference where straight…