Posted in Lutheran Resources, Lutheranism, Miscellaneous, Modern Christianity, Pastoral Resources, Religious Trends, tagged canonization, celc, gene veith, holographic telepresence, issues etc., pew forum, roman catholicism, seelsorger, technology in the parish, u.s. religious landscape survey on 3 July 2008 | 3 Comments »
Since I launched this blog back in January, one thing I’ve discovered is that if I blog on a weekly basis, it becomes a challenge to write about all the interesting topics, posts, e-mails, resources that enter my newsreader or inbox. I’ve often found myself “saving” interesting posts and resources for a future writing, but [...]
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We have another new addition to the blogroll!
Today I was directed to a very new Lutheran blog called Worship Ideas You Can Use by Steve Brown, a member at Messiah Lutheran Church (WELS) in South Windsor, CT. Steve provides unique and creative ideas for use in worship that they’ve tried out at Messiah. Feel free to check them out.
Welcome to The [...]
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Posted in Church History, Confessional Languages, Devotional Thoughts, Lutheran Resources, Lutheranism, Pastoral Resources, Theological Tidbits, tagged daniel deutschlander, des pfarrers predigt an sich selbst, lutheran pastor, lutheran shepherd, means of grace, pastoral ministry, theology of the cross on 9 June 2008 | 6 Comments »
As I passed through our synod’s ministerial education system and especially as my education became more focused at the end of college and into seminary, I and my schoolmates, like those before us, sought the answer to the question….
What does it mean to be a Lutheran pastor?
Seeking and understanding the answer to that question didn’t [...]
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Posted in Church History, Hymns, Lutheran Resources, Lutheranism, Modern Christianity, Worship, tagged lutheran hymnody, jaroslav vajda, go my children with my blessing, where shepherds lately knelt, now the silence on 4 June 2008 | No Comments »
Now the silence
Now the peace
Now the empty hands uplifted
Now the kneeling
Now the plea
Now the Father’s arms in welcome…
- Now the Silence by Jaroslav Vajda
Although this news is a bit late, I wanted to share it with those of you who had not heard.
On 10 May 2008, Rev. Jaroslav Vajda departed this veil of tears [...]
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Back in college, one of my history professors commented on the need for a pastor to have good quality “sermon writing music”, which in his opinion, was works of a Classical or Baroque nature. Half sarcastically, he pointed out that the alternative and heavy rock to which we usually listened probably wouldn’t be very conducive [...]
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