Announcing the St. Ambrose Hymn Writing Contest
A good, solid corpus of hymnody has been a hallmark of the Lutheran confession. Hymns as “sung confessions of the faith” have served…
A good, solid corpus of hymnody has been a hallmark of the Lutheran confession. Hymns as “sung confessions of the faith” have served…
Below is a letter of resignation from a pastor in the LCMS. It came our way and we feel it is important news…
Would a congregation ever immortalize Church Growth gurus such as Lyle Schaller, Wynn Arn, or Donald McGavern in stained glass? Probably not. Would…
Here at The Brothers of John the Steadfast we fashion ourselves as the go-to-place for Lutheran News and Commentary and by at least…
What happens is you get a great turnout. Confessional guys are just as hungry for good conferences as the Church Growth boys but…
Over on the post about the Divine Service at Christ Lutheran, Stevensville, Michigan, a BJS commenter named Marilee offered the following which deserves…
We all know the feeling of liturgical dread. You are on the road. You aren’t sure about the local churches. You drive into…
Things have been pretty serious in BJS land for the last couple of weeks so let’s take a break and make a couple…
Many of you will remember the Maytag commercials about the lonely repairman. He was lonely because the product was so dependable and never…
For years I have been exchanging Christian blessings and conversation with the party store owner in our neighborhood. (“Party store” is a Michigan…
Pastor Mark Schulz and I are embarking on an interesting path. We are on near opposite ends of the LCMS spectrum on how to…
This video was passed on to me by one of our missionaries out in the field. If it moves you to support missions…
It has been three district conventions cycles since delegates got to ask questions of the synod president without his handlers working them over,…
President Matthew Harrison taught and wowed the delegates at the Northern Illinois District (NID) convention Friday afternoon. He started his presentation with an…
I categorize the following as the semi-rational musings of a once pietist (childhood), once contemporary worship practitioner (first call) current devotee of traditional,…
From Pastor Mark Jasa’s (Lutheran Chapel UCLA) facebook: “I heard it from the district president himself The Chapel at UCLA is off the list of…
As I posted the other day, Pastor Mark Schulz and I are embarking on an interesting and hopefully edifying journey. We are not sure…
So this Church –Growther and this Liturgomaniac walk into a bar… Well, it isn’t quite like that but it is close. It’s not…
We can only hope so! We have argued long and hard here on BJS that Contemporary Worship is an aberrant expression of the highly Romantic…
We are pleased to report that the Council of Presidents (all of the district presidents and the presidium of the LCMS) has unanimously endorsed…
When I was getting dressed this morning I started to pull out a pair of subtly checked (black and gray) socks to wear…
The Harrison appearance in Washington is right up the vocational alley of BJS friend and blogger Mollie Ziegler Hemingway. She has written about…
Wow! In a few words President Harrison was firm, bold and theological as he spoke before the House of Representatives committee hearing this…
We just heard that President Harrison will be addressing a House Committee in Washington DC tomorrow on the recent Obama healthcare ruling. You…
We had a wonderful first day of liturgy, eating, and thinking at the Fourth Annual Brothers of John the Steadfast International Conference. Pastor Fisk…