Tuesday was All Saints proper. We will celebrate it this Sunday. All Saints is the Christian feast day that originally inspired Halloween or All Hallows Eve. There are all kind of explanation stories about where this feast day came from. You can read some of them at the wikipedia page or is you want something more . . . → Read More: Hymns We Sing – All Saints Edition
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This question came up in Bible Study Sunday. Is mormonism a cult? It’s coming up because of Mitt Romney and Rick Perry’s pastor. (Knowing how programmed things are at that stage, let me just say that I’d be surprised if Rick Perry didn’t know what that guy was going to say. While . . . → Read More: Mormons, cults and other things… Full Text It is not really fair to make fun of the disciples. We are at a great advantage. We know the full story and we have the Spirit. (Yes, Pentecost means something). And I’m sure I’m bulldozing over huge cultural difference, but I just kinda think that human nature never changes. . . . → Read More: Where’s the leader? Full Text A few remarks by people in bible class afterward were interesting feedback. This seem seemed to strike harder than I would have expected. Not that the notes that struck were not there, just that I would have expected a slightly different reaction. Protestantism and Lutheranism in particular are very polar – either this . . . → Read More: Do you have a church? You need to . . . → Read More: A beautiful and moving meditation Being a Lutheran puts one outside of normative American religious landscape. Here is what I mean by that. An old joke used to run What is an Episcopalian? A: A Presbyterian with a trust fund. And it would then go on down the socio-economic ladder. Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist. . . . → Read More: Evangelical: What is in a name?  Comments are closed  Baptism, Church Direction, Culture  Baptism, catholic church, church, evangelical, fellowship I sat on this one for a few days because I know what I’m going to say will be snotty, snippy, catty or just bad. Here is the link to the open letter/article by a Viv Groskop in the UK Guardian. Her former Vicar (Anglican Pastor) is leaving the Anglican Church for Rome, and she wishes . . . → Read More: Pastor’s hate weddings… A few quick links. Synagogues and churches are quite different, and not just in their view of the that guy from Nazareth. This talks about how they are financed. And here is an article on probably the major line item in each of those church budgets, the rabbi/minister. I could have a few gripes, but transparency . . . → Read More: Links – Transparency, Church Finance and being in the loop This post by Fuller Seminary Professor Kirk brings up a topic dear to my heart – use of internet media in church environments. I’ve gone back and forth on this, recently deciding that it is more important to be true to the media even if people might misunderstand. Here is what I mean by that. . . . → Read More: Blogs, Advertising & The Word A pastor always hesitates before he adds something like this. But this post by Gordon Atkinson (aka Real Live Preacher) has a lot of wisdom in it. Two virtues are at the root of it I think. A great humility and a sense of the corporate. American Christianity places a huge emphasis on the . . . → Read More: Some Hard Earned Wisdom |
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