Pastoral Meanderings

Sermon for Pentecost 15, Proper 20, preached on Sunday, September 13, 2009 I well recall being cautioned by a wise man who knew my penchant ...

A fellow Lutheran Pastor blogger posted the worst worship video ever -- don't watch it without some pain reliever close by. It is a li...

This past Thursday I met with the youth to be confirmed on Reformation, October 25, 2009. I require them to make a visit to a non-Lutheran ...

As I write this, perhaps 40 folks from my congregation are busy handling the giant yard sale we hold once a year in our fellowship hall. I ...

Eight years ago whispers about a plane flying into the World Trade Center caused me to doubt such reports and to tell the folks it was proba...

A while ago a person spoke to me about some health issues. These were nothing new -- old problems that were growing increasingly worse. Th...

The Lutheran Study Bible... now some folks are wondering what that means. Does every church body or tradition have its own take on things...

Sermon for Pentecost 14, Proper 18, Preached on Sunday, September 6, 2009. Labor Day is all about work so explain to me why we celebrate it ...

I was reading a few blogs and came across a fellow from an Evangelical background who is giving some serious thought to non-evangelical thin...

When I grew up the Sunday school leaflets included four color art painted in a fairly realistic style with faces that would appeal to this S...

It seems like our lives have become endlessly complicated. The things designed to make our lives easier, often make them more complicated. ...

I love those little truisms that say the obvious but in pithy sayings... like... you only get one chance to make a first impression. You do...

Often people like me are accused of repristination (dictionary defines that as restoring to the original state). Those interested in what t...

I grew up in a small town that often acts like an extended family -- with all of the good that this means and all of the bad. It still is a ...

One time I heard the comment from a parishioner who complained, "Ya, I get it, we were bad, God was good, and Jesus died for our sins.....

I have often heard Pastor's say, "I did not learn that at Seminary." That may be true but the fact that they did not learn it...

Someone in my parish read this blog and asked me an honest question. "Where do you come up with all that stuff?" She was perhaps...

I recall a conversation with an Amish fellow about the nature of this set apart religion. I remember him saying that one of the problems wi...

Every now and then I see folks take a subtle look at their watches. Some times it is a not so subtle look -- could there be a message there...

Sermon for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 17, preached on Sunday, August 30, 2009. It might seem that we have a contradiction...