Monthly Archives: May 2013

In keeping with our “Entering the current century only one decade late” theme, we now have sermons available for viewing on youtube. The first is from Pentecost. Watch here, if you dare:

Finally entering the 21st century, I decided to add a facebook page for the church. Check it out HERE. This will be where we post information for church events, etc. So if you are interested in the goings on of … Continue reading →

Words used by Luther in his Pentecost Sermon: Earthlings, spook, chicken, big wheels, teeth knocked out. Man, that guy could preach it.

“What was visible in our Savior has passed over into his Sacraments.” St. Leo the Great. That was on the bulletin cover, along with a really cool picture from the Seeon Sacramentary. In the sermon, God’s Word was preached in … Continue reading →

I somehow missed this. Apparently, a woman received an online threat that then led to a protest and national coverage. Except, now the police have ticketed the woman for making the threat against herself. And all of this happened in … Continue reading →

For those who would like to read resolution 7-17, but don’t want to download the multi-mb file from the synod’s servers, here it is, as submitted: Feel free to tell the Secretary and President of synod how important something like … Continue reading →

Overture 7-17, “To Provide Process for Placement of Candidates” is an attempt to fix a long-standing, and increasing, problem: Men who serve faithfully are removed from office, and then languish in CRM status (The LCMS term for purgatory) until the … Continue reading →

For the LCMS 2013 convention, there are a number of topics with multiple resolutions. This indicates a strong feeling in the synod that something should be done (although various resolutions often recommend opposite action). However, I will be highlighting three … Continue reading →