Monthly Archives: November 2010

Growing up, one of the Thanksgiving activities that I enjoyed was going through the various ads and picking out toys that I wanted from Santa and my parents.  Now, when it comes to “stuff”, I’m fairly content.  In fact, buying … Continue reading →

I love going back home and visiting with friends and family. For the most part, my relationships with family and friends has remained the same as it was before I decided to become a pastor. I am still the friend, … Continue reading →

I recently answered the following question on WE Got Answers, I hope you find this helpful as well: I am not Lutheran, however I fairly often visit a confessional Lutheran Church. The law and gospel preaching is very good, and … Continue reading →

When I was in high school I was into the local punk rock scene in Green Bay.  Believe it or not, this scene was actually a fairly safe haven in contrast to the many alternatives of booze and drug filled … Continue reading →

Thesis III To rightly distinguish Law and Gospel is the most difficult and highest Christian art – and for theologians in particular.  It is taught only by the Holy Spirit in combination with experience. pages 49-67 When I was a … Continue reading →

I just opened my copy of Law and Gospel (the new CPH edition), as I’m getting back to my reading of this great work, and by chance, opened to a gem of a quote: To achieve worthy results my friends, a … Continue reading →

One of the unique privileges I had at Seminary was to live side-by-side international students.  My first two years I lived in the same dorm (a total of 24 rooms) as students (pastoral, doctorate, and deaconess*) from Japan, Kenya, Togo, … Continue reading →

In 1896 Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “We Wear the Mask” was published.  Originally, Dunbar wrote this poem as an expression of the frustrations of the African American (30 year after slavery was abolished) having to hide behind a mask of … Continue reading →

Today I read a fantastic article in the Lutheran Witness online. After 14 years it looks like the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and the Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church will be entering into altar and pulpit fellowship.  In the words of … Continue reading →