Pondering Our Death
What do you do with the body?
Symposium Preview: Sectionals
A wide range of speakers exploring answers not only to “What does this mean?” but “How is this done?”
Symposium Preview: Special Events
Golf, home brew, alumni reunions…and JIM VOELZ doing what he does best
Symposium Preview: Worship
Oratio, Meditatio, Tentatio…part of life together during this year’s Theological Symposium (Sept 19-20, 2017)
Racism, Dealing with It
In light of Charlottesville (and the numerous tragedies before it), a word from Leo Sanchez
Why Are Others Reading Luther More than Many Lutherans?
Martin Luther’s thought offers more than Lutherans are perhaps even aware of
ICYMI: An Atheist Likes Learning about the Reformation
Reformation 500 documentary premieres at St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase
Six Elephants in the Room
Paul Raabe follows up on the lively discussion he started with “A Geographical Mismatch.”
(The) Writing Life
If you work in or around the church, you write way more than you think
Church is Not the State
Thoughts on religion from India, via Victor Raj
Compassion, Evangelism, and the Comfort Dog Ministry
Why I am actively involved with Comfort Dogs
ICYMI: Martin Luther and literacy
Luther’s impact on who, what, where, and how we read
John Barclay on Paul, grace, and human worth
Watch his Concordia Seminary lecture, with commentary by Mark Seifrid
Wholly Citizens: an excerpt from Joel Biermann’s new book
Hot off the press…on the doctrine of the two kingdoms and how Christians engage the world
A Geographical Mismatch
What do we do with a flyover church body in a bicoastal country?
Problematic Words in Prayer: Overextending “Lift Up”
“Lord, we lift up Sally…” The final post in David Peter’s series on prayer