Pastoral Meanderings

I took a few moments to think about some of those who have died in Christ over the past year, some of them remembered at the Synod Conventio...

I remember the candidate who said on his election, "Elections are easy; it is governing that is hard."  For all the cheering that ...

Second—Fifth Vice Presidents Second Vice President John C. Wohlrabe, Jr. is elected with the majority vote on the second ballot of ele...

First Vice-President Rev. Herbert C. Mueller, Jr. Elected with the majority vote on the Tuesday ballot of election for first vice-pres...

President  The Rev. Matthew C. Harrison Elected with the majority vote on the Tuesday ballot of election for president of The Lutheran ...

Twice in my 30 years as a Pastor we have undertaking the major effort of a building program.  I benefited from the wisdom of others who had ...

As I sat in our nice air conditioned sanctuary yesterday, listening to sounds amplified by a modern PA system, thinking about the cds of the...

For most Reformation churches, their confessions no longer have any normative authority.  They are relegated to the status of historical doc...

Well, the drama has begun in Houston.  It may not have the news value of what is happening among the Presbyterians in Minneapolis, but it is...

One of the great tendencies among Lutherans is to minimize what we have and over value what we see around us.  We simply do not realize what...

While putting a book away, an older periodical dropped off the shelf.  When I picked it up to return it to its place, I saw the title of an ...

With apologies to those who have used this tool before, I might dip my toe into the water to see what comes up...  I read from Joe Carter th...

Sermon Preached on Sunday, 4 July 2010, Pentecost 6, Proper 9C).     Fourth of July on Sunday is not a typical occurrence but mixing churc...

Below is a link to an audio file (and you can find a written transcript on the Issues, Etc. website) of the show "Profiles in LCMS Pre...

On a blistering hot summer afternoon, in a white clapboard building in a corn field on the plains of Nebraska, a full church gathered to set...

Those of you who know me know that my relationship with my own church body is a love/hate relationship and I would suspect that most Christi...

I believe it was Harry Wendt who said that Jesus taught the adults and blessed the children, but we in the Church today teach the children (...

I have often heard the joke about the guy who told the Pastor he did not like organized religion and the Pastor who responded, "Well, t...

Having spent a week teaching JS Bach -- the Man, the Faith, and the Music, it was interesting to see the looks on people's faces when I...

Every parent knows that the threat of punishment and the fear of getting caught is one of the fences that keep our children on the straight ...