Synod Renewal ““ Through Mission and Structure?
We’re lucky enough to have another missive from Publius Aequillus, where he discusses whether greater consolidation of power in the office of the…
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Something doesn’t add up here, part 87
Remember last year when David Strand fired Todd Wilken and Jeff Schwarz and canceled Issues, Etc. without explanation? When people expressed outrage that…
Is the Synod Better Off?
Editor: We have had reports that it is hard to link to this post; I’ve created a page you can link to at:…
Petition against the sale of KFUO (FM)
I previously mentioned my agnosticism on the sale of KFUO (FM) and, in fact, my view that the LCMS got a pretty good…
Pastoral oversight at KFUO AM
Last month, I pointed out that the LCMS’s Board for Communications Services had approved the radio show “Time of Grace” as a registered…
KFUO-FM and a failure of leadership
Based on what I know of KFUO-FM’s management and value, I support the sale of the radio station. Still, I think it’s terribly…
Survey says?
Concordia University – Wisconsin recently released some results from a survey it’s been working on for several years. The first installments include a…
Must read on the sale of KFUO-FM
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s ace religion reporter Tim Townsend has a fascinating column on the sale of KFUO-FM. Headlined “Evangelism at the heart…
Thoughts on the sale of KFUO-FM
I have previously announced my agnosticism on the matter of whether KFUO-FM should have been sold or not. And I should mention that…
On the excellent financial management at Synod, Inc.
Remember last year when David Strand fired Rev. Todd Wilken and Jeff Schwarz and canceled Issues, Etc.? He claimed he did it to…
Um, what’s wrong with this picture?
Ablaze Partners Network is, according to its website, “a ministry of Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church, North Royalton Ohio, in close cooperation with the…
“Survey Says . . .” by Publius Aequillus
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was a popular game show on television called “Family Feud.” In the show, two families…
More bad press on the KFUO-FM sale
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…
How sinful are politics?
I meant to share this a few weeks ago but it was an interesting e-mail from, essentially, President Kieschnick’s political action committee. The…
“Issues, Etc.” and “Time of Grace”
KFUO-AM is now airing “Time of Grace,” a weekly program featuring Pastor Mark Jeske, senior pastor at St. Marcus Lutheran Church in Milwaukee,…
Drama over KFUO-FM
So the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has updated its story on the likely sale of KFUO-FM: A board committee, with board member and Omaha,…
Latest on the possible sale of KFUO-FM
Here’s the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Lutheran Church votes to continue KFUO sale talks KFUO-FM hasn’t been sold — yet. The Kirkwood-based Lutheran Church-Missouri…
More on the blitz for KFUO-FM
Here are some more links to the editorial page’s coverage of the impending sale of Classic 99. There’s another line from the editorial,…
Interesting goings on with KFUO-FM
I have long stated my agnosticism on the sale of KFUO-FM. Yes this annoys my friends on either side of the sell, don’t-sell…
New and improved LCMS Web site
Just an fyi that Synod, Inc. has updated its Web site with a bunch of great features. Most noticeably we now have an…
KFUO-FM sale talks proceed
Reporter Sarah Bryan Miller has a lengthy story in today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch with more details on the proposed sale of KFUO-FM, the…
Lutheran pastor headed to Dover
I was reading this interesting story about an LC-MS pastor becoming the Army’s first full-time chaplain at Dover Air Force Base. Pastor David…
What’s new shouldn’t be new
Last week, Pastor Rossow highlighted a curious event taking place in St. Louis this coming September. It’s called PRAY 2009 and the two…
UDIDWHAT?
I had the privilege of volunteering for Higher Things for many years. As many of you know, it’s a wonderful organization that provides…
LCMS museum opens
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports: KIRKWOOD — The second-largest Lutheran denomination in North America opened a museum Sunday at its international headquarters on…