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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Posted in Miscellaneous on 12 May 2008 | No Comments »
You may have noticed a few changes and additions on the blog lately. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s been happening, especially if you receive the posts via e-mail or RSS feed and haven’t visited the site lately.
A More Visual Approach - The “Resource Recommendations”, “What I’m Reading” and “What I’ve Been Reading” sections in [...]
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“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth…” (Romans 1:16 - KJV)
In making preparations for this Sunday, I noticed the date on the hymnal I use when I am presiding over worship. I had received the hymnal as a [...]
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You may or may not have heard about this, but on Monday morning, members of the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Chorus could be seen in the crowd on the game show, The Price Is Right, all wearing their navy blue, Las Vegas tour, Sem Choir t-shirts. We especially enjoyed it, since we could see my brother-in-law [...]
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Posted in Church History, Devotional Thoughts, Miscellaneous, Worship, tagged customs, easter, good friday, holy week, Hymns, maundy thursday, tenebrae, triduum on 18 March 2008 | No Comments »
The Lord in his grace has allowed us to enter another Holy Week, to again meditate on and marvel at the suffering, death and resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ.
Over the centuries, the Christian church has developed certain traditions and customs that are observed during Holy Week–from palm processionals on Palm Sunday to the stripping [...]
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