• More on Chickens

    More on Chickens

    In his introduction to Wendell Berry’s recent book, Bringing it to the Table, Michael Pollan observes that one of Berry’s favorite quotes comes from British agronomist, Sir Albert Howard. He urges us…

  • Together With All Chickens

    Together With All Chickens

    Urban chickens and the Kingdom of God

  • Remembering Quentin Wesselschmidt

    Remembering Quentin Wesselschmidt

    Quentin F. Wesselschmidt, 1937-2010. Pastor, theologian, baptized child of God. In memoriam.

  • Wetlands in Kansas?

    Wetlands in Kansas?

    When I think of the great plains, I think of wide open spaces, undulating landscapes like waves of an ocean, corn and wheat. I don’t think of wetlands. Yet on my way…

  • Check it Out!

    Check it Out!

    The summer issue of the Concordia Journal (published by the faculty of Concordia Seminary) has just come out and its centered on the theme of “Caring for God’s Groaning Earth.”  It’s a…

  • Announcing a Latin e-mail discussion group on the Lutheran confessions

    Confessionum Lutheranarum Studiosi, a new Latin e-mail discussion group on the Lutheran confessions, has recently been founded, and you are invited to join in the colloquium.

  • All Saints’ Day • Revelation 7:(2–8) 9–17 • November 7, 2010

    by Kent Burreson Getting to Know the White-Clad Relatives The central question of chapter 7 in John’s vision, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” reminds…

  • Reformation Day • Revelation 14:6–7 • October 31, 2010

    by Gerhard Bode The pericope is commonly appointed for the festival of the Reformation. The assignment has less to do with the fact that Martin Luther was regarded by some of his…

  • Proper 25 • Genesis 4:1–16 • October 24, 2010

    by Henry Rowold Razing Cain and Raising Cains Chapter 4 of Genesis is best seen as a continuation, an extension (and polyphonic echo) of the dynamic unleashed in chapter 3. Not only…