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If anyone is a Tolkien fan, that title is the other name for The Hobbit. And it expresses a truth about learning to live a faith. The first step in living a faith is to actually have a home. Find a community. Attend regularly. Be active in its life. Know what . . . → Read More: There and back again (or a pattern of Religious Education)
Here is an article reviewing a split perception of what “Catholic” Universities do to the faith of their Catholic charges. The money quote… The CARA report now suggests that Catholics at non-Catholic schools tend to fare worse as far as fidelity and practice goes. But the larger issue is that Catholic higher education simply can’t bear all . . . → Read More: Teaching the Faith
Text: 1 Cor 14:1-12 Looking at the passage for today those in Corinth are hungry for what Paul calls spiritual gifts. If you read closer you realize that these spiritual gifts are not the list of love, joy, peace, patience, etc but are manifestation of the Spirit such as speaking in tongues. Paul directs . . . → Read More: Mysteries in the Spirit
Text: 2 Kings 9:17-37 In confirmation class last night we were covering the 10 commandments and Sinai in Exodus. The opening question was – what does it mean to have a God? Luther’s explanation in the Small Catechism to the first commandment is that ‘we should fear, love and trust God above all . . . → Read More: Fear, Love and Trust…
Text: 1 Cor 5:9 – 6:11 The text is about how people get along with each other and about making judgments. Underlying it is a much different and healthier view of what the church is. For most of the 20th century in the West the church was thought of by its people as an . . . → Read More: Being a church
Texts: 1 Kings 22:29-45 and 2 Kings 1:2-17 The history books have this snarky line – “Now the rest of the acts of [King's Name], and his might that he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel/Judah.” At the death of each king that line appears. . . . → Read More: And End and What a beginning…
Text: 1 Kings 22:1-28 The books of the history of Judah and Israel (1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles) are some of my favorites to read. If you’ve got small males running around the house these are some good bedtime stories – the Arch books like this one or the Brick Testament (the . . . → Read More: A very surprising text…Satan in Heaven
The gospel text for the day was Mark 16:1-20 or the ending of the gospel. The non-scripture reading that was paired with it just bowled me over to the point that you wonder if it was just another “preacher story” – truthfully I would hope that it was a pious fiction, but sorrowfully knowing . . . → Read More: Born in a grave…
Text: Mark 14:1-11 Jesus will issue the disciples commands like watch! or like love one another. He will also tell us to forget things – like God forgetting our sins. There are only two things that Jesus says remember. We hear the one every communion Sunday – Do this (bread and wine, body . . . → Read More: What we remember – What God remembers
A quick note – I’ve been a slacker about writing most of this summer. It has been a summer full – full of joys and of sorrows. I intend to get back to a 3 – 4 day a week cycle God willing. Text: Mark 13:28-37 Maybe it is a psychological thing, my good daughter . . . → Read More: The turn to fall, the fig and the command to Watch! |
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