Pastoral Meanderings

Living in a city with such a huge presence of active duty, former military, and retired military has left me with renewed awe and apprecia...

Curiosity is often seen as a virtue but it is a mixed one at best.  Curious for what their lives might be like apart from the constraints Go...

Sermon for Pentecost 23, Proper 27A, preached on Sunday, November 8, 2020.      Sometimes we must unlearn the Scriptures we think we unders...

From Rome to St. Louis the customary way to deal with errant clergy is to laicize them, or, in the case of Lutherans, to remove them from th...

There are some 100 Bible passages in many books that mention or presume the measurement of the cubit.  Among them:  Genesis 6:16; Exodus 16:...

When, at Judge Amy Coney Barrett's first confirmation hearing, Sen. Diane Feinstein, signaled how uncomfortable she was of her faith, s...

As you know I have moderated the comments for a while now.  I generally try to review the comments daily but sometimes life gets in the way ...

I am writing these words before anyone knows who won the election.  So as I write I do not know if President Trump has been re-elected or Jo...

  A very long time ago a friend who had been Lutheran and became Orthodox visited me in the parish I served then.  I asked him what he thoug...

On ceremonies: The churches among us teach with complete unanimity...that one holy church will remain forever. The church is the assembly ...

Sexual liberation has been the mantra of liberal and progressive voices for the entirety of my adult life.  At one point in time, it had an ...

Some churches have a children's church that parallels the time of adult worship.  Sort of like a glorified Sunday school hour, the child...

You can Google dying well and find the many perspectives on what that means.  Some would suggest it involves preparation for the end, mendi...