• Great Overview

    Great Overview

    As a systematician, I like the big picture. I like to see how all the individual pieces fit into the entire picture. It helps me…

  • Bible is focus of Concordia Seminary’s upcoming symposium

    Bible is focus of Concordia Seminary’s upcoming symposium

    Stephen Fowl “Scripture in the Church: Formative or Formality?” is the title of the 21st annual Theological Symposium, to be held Sept. 21-22 on the…

  • Burning Coals and Korans

    Burning Coals and Korans

    What to do with enemies?

  • Christwire: “The Onion” for Christians?

    Christwire: “The Onion” for Christians?

    Christwire.org has become a popular Web site for news and reporting with an ultraconservative Christian slant. And it’s all one big joke. I have to…

  • A Lesson from 1927

    A Lesson from 1927

    It’s that time of year. Most of the the birds at our feeders are house sparrows. They descend upon the feeders in flocks and consume…

  • Theological Symposium and Day of Exegetical Reflection – Sept 20-22

    Theological Symposium and Day of Exegetical Reflection – Sept 20-22

    “Scripture in the Church: Formative or Formality?” is the title of the 21st annual Theological Symposium, to be held Sept. 21-22 on the campus of…

  • 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…

  • 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.