• Arizona Neighbor On My Mind

    Arizona Neighbor On My Mind

    Arizona neighbor, how I love and advocate for thee. But wait. Who exactly is my Arizona neighbor? Immediately after signing Arizona’s latest (and for some, controversial)…

  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Bill McClellan on Call Day

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Bill McClellan on Call Day

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch/STLtoday.com columnist Bill McClellan used his Sunday column (May 2, 2010) to talk about Concordia Seminary’s Call Day.

  • St. Basil the Tree Hugger?

    St. Basil the Tree Hugger?

    Why do non-Christian naturalists and scientists from Rachel Carson to E. O.

  • “The Royal Banners Forward Go”

    Three views on worship from guest contributors Kent Burreson, David Adams, and Robert Kolb.

  • A Call Day Celebration

    A Call Day Celebration

    Today was “Call Day.” So I rode my bike.

  • Holy Texts, Human Hands

    Holy Texts, Human Hands

    The Boston Globe is reporting on the near-completion of a critical edition of the Koran. To those of us who have a different holy book…

  • How one seminary celebrated Earth Day

    How one seminary celebrated Earth Day

    Getting ready to plant 75 trees at Concordia Seminary. Credit: Diane Meyer/Respublica “Christ is risen! Christ will come again! Let’s go plant some trees!” Which…

  • 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…

  • 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…