• On the Death of my Mother

    On the Death of my Mother

    It was the call I was dreading.  The hospice nurse phoned during chapel at the seminary with the news: “Your mother has 24-48 hours to…

  • Working Back from the End to Today

    Working Back from the End to Today

    You can’t know what something means until it is finished. If you drive by a construction site on your way to work, day after day,…

  • The Preacher’s Studio: Dan Mattson

    Preacher’s Studio is a chance to take a step back and think about the art and craft of preaching. Today’s preacher: DAN MATTSON, on preaching…

  • Hands, Life, and Hope in Holy Week

    Hands, Life, and Hope in Holy Week

    This week, I’m thinking about his hands.  They were large, strong hands that loved to work with wood—strong hands that were “skilled at the plane…

  • Easter 2 • Revelation 1:4–18 • April 7, 2013

    Textual Considerations The number seven (ἑπτὰ) has been understood to denote completeness. Interpreters differ, however, as to whether the “seven spirits” in verse 4 signify…

  • Luther’s thoughts on a snowy Palm Sunday

    Luther’s thoughts on a snowy Palm Sunday

    The Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, campus received about ten inches of snow on Palm Sunday. Here’s what Brother Martin thought about it.

  • The Preacher’s Studio: Kent Burreson

    Preacher’s Studio is a chance to take a step back and talk about the art and craft of preaching. Today’s preacher: KENT BURRESON, on preaching…

  • Day of Homiletical Reflection – Wed, May 8, 2013

    Day of Homiletical Reflection – Wed, May 8, 2013

    Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, will host its 11th Annual Day of Homiletical Reflection on Wednesday, May 8, 9:15 am to 4:15 pm. Michael Duduit will…

  • Easter Sunday • 1 Corinthians 15:19–26 • March 31, 2013

    By Tom Manteufel From time to time novels have appeared which depict the ramifications of the discovery of alleged archeological evidence that the bodily resurrection…