Pastoral Meanderings

The Random Thoughts of a Lutheran Parish Pastor

Thursday, August 6, 2026

A strange paradox. . .

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Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice.  Or something like that was said by Barry Goldwater.  It did not matter since LBJ showed a mushr...
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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Political humor. . .

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A wise person’s heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish person’s heart directs him toward the left.  Ecclesiastes 10:2 NASB
Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Is that a small thing?

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It has been said that an appeal to church councils is not as much as some think.  In fact,  Luther himself says as much in his work On the C...
Monday, August 3, 2026

Hubris. . .

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Hubris, a noun, meaning overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance or excessive pride, presumption or arrogance (originally toward the gods...
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Sunday, August 2, 2026

This day in history. . .

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Unless I am mistaken, and I often am, it was on this day in 70 AD that a Roman assault during a revolt of the Jews burned the Second Temple ...
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I have been a Lutheran Pastor for more than 45 years, serving in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod first at Resurrection in Cairo, NY, and then at Grace, Clarksville, TN. I am am newly retired after 32 years as Senior Pastor at Grace and still figuring out what to do with myself. Now as Pastor Emeritus, I have more time on my hands for the myriad of thoughts that cross my mind. Obviously not all of equal weight or importance, this is the place where you meet some of those meandering thoughts from this pastoral mind.
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