• Earth Day—40 Years

    Earth Day—40 Years

    I was finishing eighth grade and getting ready for confirmation when the first earth day was celebrated in 1970. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin helped organize the first Earth Day as an…

  • Earth Day: together with all creatures

    Earth Day: together with all creatures

    I blog elsewhere about the adventures (and misadventures) of trying my hand with a small hobby farm. Most of the time, the joys and struggles of that life with some land do not…

  • When I Was a Seminary Student … Additional Reflections

    When I Was a Seminary Student … Additional Reflections

    Andy Bartelt, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Concordia Seminary, sent me a long e-mail commenting on my post on seminary pedagogy. Rather than inserting it there as a very long comment,…

  • Historical For You, Not Wishful Thinking – An Easter Devotion

    Acts 10:40-41 A Devotion for Easter Season 2010 Paul R. Raabe “This one God raised on the third day and gave him to become manifest, not to all the people but to…

  • “The Hermeneutical Naiveté of the Supreme Court”

    “The Hermeneutical Naiveté of the Supreme Court”

    Jim Voelz makes a case for the hermeneutical naivete – past and present – of the U.S. Supreme Court, in a reprint from Concordia Journal.

  • Day of Homiletical Reflection – May 5, 2010

    Paul Scott Wilson featured at Day of Homiletical Reflection, May 5.

  • History as Fad

    History as Fad

    Japanese pop culture has profoundly affected America. You probably recognize the words anime and manga, and you might even know that otaku (nerd or geek) is used to describe Japanese superfans of…

  • A Groaning Creation…

    A Groaning Creation…

    On Easter, we Christians celebrated the bursting forth of the new creation in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The restoration of creation has begun with him and with us. Consider the story.…

  • Walther Round Table Conference – May 12, 2010

    Walther Round Table Conference – May 12, 2010

    The 22nd Walther Round Table will take place on the campus of Concordia Seminary on May 12, 2010. The theme this year is “The Walther Jubilee That Was and That Will Be.”…

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