• Easter 6 • Acts 16:6–15 • May 9, 2010

    Submitted below is a full manuscript of a sermon delivered in the chapel service at Concordia Seminary on April 30, 2010, three days after the spring assignment service (“Call Day”). The reader…

  • World War I, the Supreme Court, and a cross in the Mojave desert: what does this mean?

    World War I, the Supreme Court, and a cross in the Mojave desert: what does this mean?

    So, I’ll pick up a hot potato: In what seems like it is becoming a typical 5-to-4 decision last week , the Supreme Court decided in Salazar v. Buono that the World…

  • Arizona Neighbor On My Mind

    Arizona Neighbor On My Mind

    Arizona neighbor, how I love and advocate for thee. But wait. Who exactly is my Arizona neighbor? Immediately after signing Arizona’s latest (and for some, controversial) immigration law (BS1070), governor Jan Brewer explicitly…

  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Bill McClellan on Call Day

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Bill McClellan on Call Day

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch/STLtoday.com columnist Bill McClellan used his Sunday column (May 2, 2010) to talk about Concordia Seminary’s Call Day.

  • St. Basil the Tree Hugger?

    St. Basil the Tree Hugger?

    Why do non-Christian naturalists and scientists from Rachel Carson to E. O.

  • “The Royal Banners Forward Go”

    Three views on worship from guest contributors Kent Burreson, David Adams, and Robert Kolb.

  • A Call Day Celebration

    A Call Day Celebration

    Today was “Call Day.” So I rode my bike.

  • Holy Texts, Human Hands

    Holy Texts, Human Hands

    The Boston Globe is reporting on the near-completion of a critical edition of the Koran. To those of us who have a different holy book this should seem to be of little…

  • How one seminary celebrated Earth Day

    How one seminary celebrated Earth Day

    Getting ready to plant 75 trees at Concordia Seminary. Credit: Diane Meyer/Respublica “Christ is risen! Christ will come again! Let’s go plant some trees!” Which is exactly what we did at Concordia…

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