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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Yes, I’m still here! It’s been pretty quiet here at The Shepherd’s Study for the last couple of weeks, because it’s been pretty busy outside the Study, because I attended Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary’s Summer Quarter for the first time last week.
For those of you unfamiliar with it, Summer Quarter is one of several ways our [...]
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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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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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