This was an interesting picture from Strange Herring…
And if Lutherans weren’t invisible in American religion, this is how Lutherans see everyone else…
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The files below contain the congregational presentation from 9/25/11. If you were present you heard the discussion and presentation. If you couldn’t make it, but have questions or concerns please contact pastor or our congregational president. Going along with the sermon of the day – the presentation is a challenge to the congregation. Congregational Update . . . → Read More: Congregational Meeting – Presentation Material Full Text of Sermon This is sermon is one of those all or nothing affairs. Its football season, so I’ll use a football analogy. Sometimes you are handing the ball to the running back on a dive play. Its going to get roughly 3 yards and move the chains. Most sermons move the chains. . . . → Read More: By what authority…? Benedict XVI, a German, is on a trip to Germany. One of his stops is in Erfurt at the monastery that trained and sheltered Luther. Here is the link to the full text of his comments. The full comments are short, but this is a clip. Benedict has clearly been formed in some way by . . . → Read More: A German Pope at the Erfurt Agustinian Monastery Nirvana’s Nevermind was released 20 years ago. I caught this NPR story on the radio this morning that brought it to mind. I wouldn’t want to treat essentially ephemeral things with weighty seriousness, but occasionally something breaks through. Aesthetically would anyone put Smells Like Teen Spirit next to say Bach – no. But that . . . → Read More: I’m getting old (or pop-culture landmarks meet law and gospel) Yesterday was our first real day of Sunday School for the year. Part of Sunday School this year is the awarding of story bibles to the kids in the congregation. Here is a picture of the group. Full Text of Sermon The toughest part about grace to me is its timespan. Grace comes daily. Grace comes hourly. As the spiritual goes – “I need thee every hour.” Grace is like manna, you can’t store it up. It falls and you collect it and if you try and hold on it goes . . . → Read More: The Kingdom of Heaven is like this… These are some of the pictures I took over the weekend… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } Full Text Link As with so much else in America, if you want to cut to the soul or the bone of a matter you need to listen to Lincoln. (And Silent Cal Coolidge, but he didn’t live in exciting times, but his Autobiography and letters are deeply full of wisdom and heart.) But . . . → Read More: The Civic Religion and the Sure Hope Here are two items that caught my attention. This link uses the Sherwood Baptist movie franchise as a jumping off point. If you’ve seen Fireproof, Flywheel or Facing the Giants you have the idea. Lots of pointy headed types (like me) might find the story-lines trite, but what I would say is that they’ve gotten . . . → Read More: Can you have a culture without the cult? |
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