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A friend sent this to me and I thought I would pass it on to you. By Daniel Bourke-Bourke (RSNS) Paul, an octopus…

I know that many of us are getting ready to head to Houston for the convention. With just a few days left, I…

The rumors have been swirling for a month or more, but there is reason to believe that it’s more than a rumor. Supporters…

While various proposals made by the Blue Ribbon Task Force are being debated, one is facing serious opposition from a wide variety of…

Districts are having their pre-convention meetings to help delegates prepare for the work they’ll have to do in Houston here in a few…

Dr. Daniel Gard, Professor of Exegetical Theology and Dean of Military Chaplaincy at Concordia Theological Seminary, has the following note on Facebook: To…

In my last post, I mentioned a “confidential” report that was commissioned in conjunction with the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Synod Structure…

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If you go to this page on the Synodical website, you’ll see an appeal for funds for something called the 2010 National Offering….

The Santa Cruz Sentinel has a story from last September headlined “Local Evangelical Lutherans applaud church’s decision allowing gay clergy.” It’s about the…

Earlier this week I shared some reports about how President Gerald Kieschnick reacted to the nomination totals. I also have news on how…

Discussions are almost always fun to follow over at the American Lutheran Publicity Bureau. That’s a site where folks of various Lutheran stripes…

I was researching a quick post on how the recent news about nominations is being taken by supporters of President Kieschnick, and I’ll…

I think many of us were surprised by the LCMS presidential nomination results. I had expected the top two vote getters to be…

A reader pointed out that a Lutheran congregation in Nebraska is hosting a “Beth Moore” simulcast. Beth Moore is a Christian evangelist and…

Yesterday I posted a quote I found from 1929. It dealt with the desire of some progressives to lose our hymnody. Well, here’s…

I come from a mainstream media background. At the news organizations I’ve worked at, our objective was to simply report the news. We…

A few months ago my family had the pleasure of attending a lecture on Friedrich Conrad Dietrich Wyneken, the second president of the…

since last week, when failed Democratic candidate for Senate Martha Coakley misspelled the name of the state she was seeking to represent. Yikes….