More Blogs Again!

This has been a long time coming, but I've added two more friends' blogs to my sidebar. They are: Curious Hawk Studios: Featuring the art of Mary Anne Edmiston-Dietz A Luther Lens on Berkeley: KWE's adventures attending seminary at Berkeley Check them out!

What is the Good News?

Joseph Richardson brings up an interesting point over here. Just what is the very basic Gospel, the Good News that the church preaches with a prophetic voice? At our Thursday evening service last night, using the Pentecost 6 readings, I talked about how it does not matter whether people believe what we have to say; … Continue reading What is the Good News?

I Will Rise

I had work to do: Bible study was in three hours, I had places to go, prayers needed to be written and I had to get going. But for about fifteen minutes, all I wanted to do was sit and try not to cry. Last weekend, we received news that an eighteen year old boy, … Continue reading I Will Rise

Sermon–July 1, 2012–Pentecost 5B

Fifth Weekend of Pentecost B Preached at First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Muskegon, MI, while on Internship. Lamentations 3:22-33 Psalm 30 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 Mark 5:21-43 I don't know why my early childhood keeps coming to mind when I write sermons, but two weeks in a row you are getting a glimpse into the early years … Continue reading Sermon–July 1, 2012–Pentecost 5B

Augsburg Confession

It was pointed out to me by another friendly blogger that today, June 25, is the anniversary of the presentation of the Augsburg Confession, the defining document of the Lutheran tradition of Christianity. The Confession was not written to split the church, but was actually written to show Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire … Continue reading Augsburg Confession