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Click This in Remembrance of Me
From the Oct 25, 2008 Belief Watch column in Newsweek:
“With a scrap of bagel and a sip of Crystal Light, Beth McDonald gave communion to her husband. Then, after a blessing, he gave communion to her. Music played as the celebrant intoned the ancient words, “Do this in remembrance of me.” The experience was among [...]
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Grandparents Day
Even though it’s a “Hallmark Holiday”, today being Grandparents Day hit me a little bit harder than the norm today. Why?
Because it’s my first one without any grandparents.
Over the past 13.5 years, bigsis and I have lost all of our grandparents. First Papa, then Grandpa, then Grandma, and finally this past July, Nana. Bigsis and [...]
Theologian vs. Dogmatist
One of my pet peeves is when folks trot out the old chestnut of, “Well, I’m not a theologian, I’m just a simple layman…” Sometimes, they even mean it in a truly self-effacing way. Usually, however, I’ve found that it’s meant in a way that’s calculated to cut off any negative reaction, or correction, [...]
Father Hollywood emerges
All too rare is the blog posting that generates a comment thread that outshines the original post. Father Hollywood has done just that with his post Emerging Luther? !
Not only is the main post a great analysis of the increasingly interesting “Emergent Church” phenomena, particularly as it is impacting the LCMS, but the comments that [...]
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A New Year’s wish
Would that God bless us all with faithful undershepherds, like Chaplain to the World, who get this.
We need Pastors, not glib, glad-handing, “friends”, and I think Rev. Kavouras deserves (let those who know him understand) a big hug for saying so! ;^)
-ghp
Faith ?vs? Facts?