Posted in Books, Church History, Devotional Thoughts, Luther Resources, Lutheran Confessions, Lutheran Resources, Pastoral Resources, tagged devotional life, devotional resources, lectio divina, lutheran study bible, simple way to pray, spiritual reading, treasury of daily prayer, using devotional classics on 28 May 2008 | 5 Comments »
One of the most important aspects of a shepherd’s life and ministry is probably one of his most common struggles - his devotional life.
I have to admit I’ve wrestled with my devotional life for years. I’ve especially noticed the struggle since I entered the ministry. I know I’m not alone in this. Few are the [...]
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Posted in Church History, Devotional Thoughts, Hymns, Luther Resources, Pastoral Resources, Worship, tagged call day, come holy ghost creator blest, holy spirit, komm gott schopfer, ordination, pentecost, streams, trinity, trinity sunday, veni creator spiritus, wels on 21 May 2008 | No Comments »
Veni, Creator Spiritus, mentes tuorum visita,
Imple superna gratia quae tu creasti, pectora.
Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, and make our hearts your place of rest;
Come with your grace and heav’nly aid, and fill the hearts which you have made.
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As our Pentecost and Trinity celebrations come to a close, I am reminded of one of my favorite [...]
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Posted in Books, Libronix/Logos, Lutheran Confessions, Lutheran Resources, Pastoral Resources, tagged logos, libronix, Lutheran Confessions, book of concord, cph, english standard version, esv on 20 May 2008 | No Comments »
I know the title sounds like a spam e-mail (and probably ended up in your spam queue), but Pr. Paul McCain over at Cyberbrethren just announced a limited-time offer on the digital versions of the Book of Concord (2nd Edition) and the English Standard Version (ESV) together. It’s a great deal! Here’s the post…
Please be [...]
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While going through some old Seminary files recently, I came across the hymn below that I wrote for our graduation. It was my first and only attempt at hymn writing. I wrote it as a prayer for our class as the Lord scattered us across the country to serve him as under-shepherds of his flocks.
I [...]
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Just a reminder for those of you who are WELS called workers or laymembers, the Ad Hoc Commission preliminary report came out last week.
As you may or may not be aware, “the Ad Hoc Commission was established by the 2007 synod convention to analyze the synod’s potential and problems—and to make initial recommendations to the [...]
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