Monthly Archives: September 2011

Yes, it’s popcorn sales time again.  You can now order online, and it will be shipped to you.  Or, you can order some for our soldiers serving oversees, and it will be shipped to them automatically.  Either way, you get … Continue reading →

Is being able to do things in a Lutheran manner.  Over at First Things, Leroy Huizenga, a former Lutheran and now Roman Catholic, muses on the celebration of the Eucharist.  He says that it was the Romainst teaching on the Eucharist … Continue reading →

Today we see again that the Word of God is not acceptable, and we have opportunity to pray for those who suffer.  While this is not physical suffering, the devil can make emotional suffering every bit as painful.  And, as … Continue reading →

Duty. Honor. Sacrifice. An untold story of 9-11.  Two pilots were sent to intercept flight 93 before it got to Washington.  They had orders to take the plane down. They had no ammunition.  Read for yourself. HT : Respublica

In an interview last week on Issues, Etc, The Reverend Herbert Mueller, First Vice-President of the LCMS talked about the “shortage of calls” in the synod.  One of the commenters asked if it was proper to speak of a shortage … Continue reading →

Annoying Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and harry Potter fans at the same time?  Easy. If only there were a way to add Star Trek to it…

Last week I prepared my sermon, but there was a structural problem.  (I even put a mark on the paper to indicate “Tie this all together and fix the problem”) By Saturday, i had not fixed the problem.  The Manuscript … Continue reading →

From time to time I have tried to give preaching advice.  It usually comes out muddled.  The great Pr. Esget has some great advice on preaching.  He boils it down to this: Preach the Sunday. Don’t impose Law and Gospel … Continue reading →

One of the first problems a pastor faces is “What do I use for bringing the Sacrament to Shut-Ins?” Of course, there is always the old “AAL communion kit.” (Does Thrivent still hand them out?) It is given to prospective … Continue reading →

This is my third blog.  The first was started as part of the Wyoming District Evangelism Website, of which I was, at the time, webmaster.  When that website was folded into the district website, the blog ended. The second was … Continue reading →