Articles
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Oil Disaster—What Might We Learn?
I’ve been thinking about the meaning or lessons to be drawn from the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Many others have as…
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He Did Not Say a Word
Reflections on the Perfect Game that Wasn’t
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Do the Lutheran Symbolical Books Speak Where the Sacred Scriptures Are Silent?
A classic study of the Lutheran Confessions and the Scriptures by theologian ARTHUR CARL PIEPKORN, appearing here in conjunction with the Spring 2010 issue of…
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Life Abundant
One of my favorite quotes comes from Wendell Berry (not surprisingly). In commenting on the nature of the abundant life, he makes the statement that material…
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ad maiorem dei gloriam
Athletes giving all praise to . . . who?
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What Statistics Say — and Don’t
As the Director of Vicarage and Deaconess Internships, I keep track of how many congregations apply for a vicar and how many students are available…
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A Prayer for Concordia
A 16 minute silent movie clip of the 1926 dedication of Concordia Seminary’s Clayton campus, and a prayer for harmony
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Rogationtide
Earth Day last month made me wonder why we don’t have a similar day within the church. We wouldn’t have to call it “Earth Sunday”…
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This is Too Cool!
Maybe it’s a guy thing. Maybe its a childhood memory thing. Maybe its a Robinson Crusoe thing (or was it the Disney version, namely, the…