Pastoral Meanderings

Though even orthodox and confessional folk would deny it, we are the victims of the success of the entrepreneur.  The franchise mentality an...

The church is by all accounts under siege.  The churches that have remained steadfast against the onslaught of modernity are declining.  The...

Those on the outside of orthodox churches wonder at the fascination we have with same sex marriage -- indeed with all sexual things.  It is ...

Circumcision was a blessing and a bane to the Jew.  To be marked indelibly is always curse and gift.  The Jew remembered the covenant that g...

In the DIS Respect for Marriage act we are given a testament to the power and hunger for power of those who want to tinker with marriage and...

Sermon for the Baptism of Our Lord A, preached on Sunday, January 8, 2023. According to the world, what is most important is your acceptanc...

As I have said before, I am not sure that all the hubbub about visual learners and other ways of learning is worth all that much.  In fact, ...

Feminism was begun with noble cause.  It pushed all the right buttons -- the right to vote, equal pay for equal work, the legitimacy of the ...

We have since the third century lived in somewhat uneasy conflict about accepting the baptism of those who come from non-sacramental church...

Sermon for the Epiphany of Our Lord, preached on Epiphany 2023. One of the oddest things about the Magi is that they did not turn their att...

Back when travel was by horse and log cabins typical, the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod began an educational endeavor that spanned from ele...

I am pretty sure the day will come when Christmas will become a Monday holiday or some other specific day.  It will be for all the right rea...

The war on children has shifted its battlefield away from abortion (down over last year) to women who have never become pregnant and to men ...

While some churches have fared rather well in the wake of the pandemic, others are finding old financial concerns returning.  It is the prob...

Sermon for the Circumcision and Name of Jesus, preached on Sunday, January 1, 2023. We have made a travesty of names.  We think by giving a...

Lutherans are pretty adamant that they stand in continuity with our past -- not just recent past mind you but with the apostles, evangelists...

I must admit that to me, a coffee addict, the prospect of moving the ball down the field and making coffee more front and center rather than...

It is a curious thing that New Years is a holiday that is uncomfortable in its own skin.  The focus is decidedly upon the loss of the past t...