Author: Pastor Ken

Ken Ranos serves as the pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Indianapolis, IN, a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He blogs at https://ecumenicallife.com/ .

“Rejecting” Jesus

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-peoria-bishop-politicians-who-support-abortion-rights-reject-jesus-20121031,0,1711108.story “Today, Catholic politicians, bureaucrats, and their electoral supporters who callously enable the destruction of innocent human life in the womb also thereby reject Jesus as their Lord,” Jenky added. “They are objectively guilty of grave sin.” “Again, I am not telling you which party or which candidates to vote for or against,” he said. … Continue reading “Rejecting” Jesus

To The Saints

To the saints, Thank you for your legacy. For 2000 years you worked, in your own times, to pass on the love of God. You preserved your work so that we might learn from it. You wrote volumes, treatises, apologies, letters and held on to them. You sat in councils and debated the future of … Continue reading To The Saints

Violence and the Christian

This afternoon, I pulled up Chicago Tribune: Breaking News, and browsed through the stories. I don't know why I still do this. Most of the time, I'm looking to see if anything has happened in my home neighborhood of Hegewisch, on the Far South Side. What I see every day is tragedy. So many of the stories … Continue reading Violence and the Christian

The Unfortunate Necessity of the Magisterial Reformation

Last year, in a post of my own, I referenced an argument made by my friend Jon about why he would not be celebrating Reformation Day. Reformation Day in many Protestant Churches is celebrated on the Sunday before October 31, the day that, according to legend, the Roman Catholic monk and professor Martin Luther nailed a debate … Continue reading The Unfortunate Necessity of the Magisterial Reformation

Another Friend’s Blog

And another music one at that! I regret that I am only just finding out about Amy's blog. Amy and I were founding members of Capital University's premier tuba/euphonium quartet, TEQ4, and her playing never failed to captivate and inspire. Check our her blog at A Euphoric Sound! EDIT: I suppose, while I'm at it, … Continue reading Another Friend’s Blog