• Craniac Haven!

    Craniac Haven!

    I grew up in Wisconsin but never realized all that was there. I didn’t know that it was home to Aldo Leopold (didn’t know who he was at the time either). I…

  • Concordia Journal Currents – June 2010

    Interview with Joel Okamoto and Joel Lehenbauer

  • NEW off the Sem Press! The American Mind Meets the Mind of Christ

    NEW off the Sem Press! The American Mind Meets the Mind of Christ

    The newest book is hot off the Concordia Seminary Press! The American Mind Meets the Mind of Christ, edited by Robert Kolb. Here’s the synopsis from the back cover: Whether it is…

  • Looking for a summer read? The American Mind Meets the Mind of Christ

    Looking for a summer read? The American Mind Meets the Mind of Christ

    …is the title of the newest book from the Concordia Seminary Press. The American Mind Meets the Mind of Christ is a collection of essays edited by renowned scholar Robert Kolb .…

  • Environmentalism as Religion?

    Environmentalism as Religion?

    There are various reasons why Christians may approach environmental issues with a skeptical eye and be reluctant to embrace them. One is the concern that it is an alternative religion to Christianity.

  • The Bible as literature: the King James, Psalm 46, and Shakespeare

    The Bible as literature: the King James, Psalm 46, and Shakespeare

    The “Chandos portrait” of Shakespeare Last night I taught our first class in a course entitled “The Bible as Literature” in Wash U’s University College . So don’t be surprised if there’s…

  • A Changed Confession

    A Changed Confession

    Last February I changed the confession of sins that was to be used in the worship services.  I regularly assist at Grace Lutheran Chapel in Bellefontaine Neighbors (a north suburb of St.…

  • John Nunes on “Where is God in Times of Tragedy?”

    John Nunes on “Where is God in Times of Tragedy?”

    Always provocatively and confessionally Lutheran, a link to Rev. John Nunes’ good words in answer to the question “Where is God in times of tragedy?” For your reading pleasure.

  • Thank you, BP, for deconstructing my faith in technology

    Thank you, BP, for deconstructing my faith in technology

    Technology trying to save technology. (Photo credit: Reuters) The recent capping of the oil well in the Gulf of Mexico aside, now the Coast Guard says the clean up will take years…

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