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All You Have To Do Is Ask

When I graduated from high school I had a member of my church who also wrote for the local weekly paper come up to me and tell me that a number of people in the community were upset with me. I was surprised and asked, “Why?” Apparently they were upset about the amount of scholarships [...]

New Heaven and Dogs

During two summers in college I worked for the University of Missouri as a maintenance tech for the college of engineering. I did jobs ranging from helping at auctions, driving big trucks, demolition, and painting, with numerous other jobs thrown in there. During one job I was interacting with a young guy who grew up [...]

Last Stop Before Heaven

I love my home church, St. Paul Lutheran Church, California, Missouri. They are a faithful congregation with faithful members who hunger for God’s Word and don’t shy away from studying it. They also have a great sense of humor.
The older adult Bible class humorously refers to themselves as the “Last Stop Before Heaven” Bible class. [...]

Treasury of Daily Prayer

Are you jealous… I got my copy of the Treasury of Daily Prayer today?
Only problem… I left it on my desk at work today. Bah.

Amish Annoyance

If you know me pretty well… you know that I have an unusual dislike… the amish.
This has all developed within the last four years or so. Where I grew up we have always had both Mennonites and Amish living in the general area. I think the Mennonites are wonderful, neighborly, and hardworking folks. The amish [...]

Prayers for Grandpa

I’m sitting in the hospital (St. Mary’s-Jefferson City, MO) with my grandfather right now. I got in at about 10:30 p.m. last evening… and spent the night.
Over 13 years ago he had a single bypass, heart valve replacement, pacemaker implanted, and an internal defibrillator implanted. For the next 12 years he had no problems. A [...]

Return from Carrier Trip

A few days ago I mentioned a “big event” in my life that was coming up. Well it has happened and it was awesome.
A few weeks ago I was presented with the opportunity to be part of distinguished visitor trip to the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), a nuclear powered aircraft carrier. Naturally, I [...]

Earthquake – St. Louis

We have a joke with our neighbor that whenever we leave town something bad happens (power outages, floods, windstorms, trees falling, etc.). Well now she is out of town and we have an earthquake. Thanks Sue.
Lisa woke me up at 4:36 a.m. with the cry, “The house is shaking.” To be honest… my level of [...]

Desk of a seminarian

Some time ago Pastor Weedon posted some nice pictures of his study. However, being the seminarian that I am… I don’t have a study. I have a computer desk that I share with my wife, a kitchen table, and a study carol (which I am eternally thankful for). My wife tolerates my organizational method… stacks [...]

Thoughts from a Roman Catholic leader in Rome

New Liturgical Movement
The article linked to above provides a lot of food for thought for Lutherans.
Highlights:

Discussion on sermon length
Discussion on communion received in the hand (also discussion of the presence of Christ in the Sacrament)
Focus on the sacred in worship as well as a discussion of the divine mystery

Ahhh… Bach

Enjoy this wonderful video of Felix Hell showing off the true beauty of the pipe organ and of J.S. Bach

HT: Cyberbrethren

You know you are a red cross instructor when…

You know you are a Red Cross instructor when you start yelling at the TV telling a character they are doing CPR wrong. You would think shows would at least have someone advise them so there characters don’t look like complete idiots. What is sad is that someone will probably emulate some technique and seriously [...]

Modern Heresy

It is widely reported that Arius wrote hymns containing his heretical theology. This allowed his doctrines to spread easily and quickly.
Now for a modern day heresy (not a new heresy… just a new heretical song):

Crummy Church Signs Book Release Party!

Today a new book releases from Humor-Blogs.com!  It is entitled Crummy Church Signs Volume 1 (2004 – 2007).  Taken as a “Best of…” from the popular Crummy Church Signs website, this book includes pictures of some of the worst church signs you’ll ever see (poor grammar, bad theology, silly jokes, etc) along with the author’s [...]

I was on Issues, etc…. kinda

When Rev. Todd Wilken presented a sectional at the Concordia Seminary symposium I had the opportunity to speak with him afterwards regarding his 3-part sermon diagnostic (I’ll add the parts in here later). I used it on student teaching in the spring of 2006 to talk to my seniors about “what to look for in [...]

Random Post: Mountain Dew

Okay… I promise I’ll post something theological sometime in the near future. Probably. Classes and work have kept me busy so I’m looking forward to a break.
Reason for this random post: Mountain Dew
In college I drank an obscene about of this delicious drink. One time my roommate and I drank a 24-pack in two days. [...]

Home with Harry…

NO SPOILERS INCLUDED IN THIS POST
It is 3:30 a.m. I’ve been “home with Harry” for about 2 1/2 hours now. I am simply amazed at how excellent this book is so far. I hope to finish by daybreak. We shall see.
It was awesome to be at Barnes and Noble to see so many people [...]

Baptized like Jesus

Growing up in a small town in Central Missouri means most of my friends were Southern Baptist. Their classic line in attacking my Baptism was “you weren’t baptized like Jesus was.” They meant I wasn’t baptized as an adult and I was not immersed. Thankfully, I had a good head on my shoulder and didn’t [...]

Have to love mothers….

Okay… I know it is father’s day… but here is a post about my mom.
My mom enjoys trying to raise my blood pressure. She works for a very large state college and often gets “fun” e-mail announcements that are sent to faculty, staff, and students. One this week was advertising a book signing and [...]