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Right-hand, meet Left-hand
Much has been made in the LCMS over the past, well, about as far back as I can remember, that we’re on the cusp of an impending crisis. Namely, a shortage of pastors. It’s driven the recruiting efforts of our fine Seminaries. It’s driven fundraising efforts. It’s driven theologically suspect things as far back as [...]
Missouri in a handbasket
The LCMS is in a handbasket, and you know where that mode of transport takes you…
Per this letter, the St. Louis Seminary (CSL) has jumped into bed with a renegade, conservative/”confessional”, faction of ELCA, WordAlone.
So, what many view to be as the crown jewel seminary of the LCMS (not me — I prefer CTSFW, but [...]
Perpetuating pastoral propaganda
So, I check the mail upon returning from a wonderful spa weekend at Casa de big sis and what do I find but the Feb 2007 edition of the Detroit Lutheran (Serving Michigan Since 1941 ). And what is the top headline of the periodical that chronicles the activities in the [...]
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A rest well deserved — A loss deeply felt
From the CTSFW News page:
Dear Friends:
I wish to inform you that on the morning of September 19 our distinguished colleague, beloved professor, and brother in Christ, Dr. Kurt Marquart, died. After suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease, he died peacefully at home. Earlier in the evening he had baptized his new great-grandson, Evan.
As baptism [...]
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Freedom: “from” or “to do”?
I’m so very thankful for faithful pastors, as well as for faithful men who are willing to take on the difficult yoke of becoming pastors. For an example of what I mean by the former, read this posting over at Bloghardt’s Reflector, which came to my attention via an example of the latter, i.e., Outer [...]
Properly Valuing Your Pastor
As I continue to dig out from under the backlog of pastor’s blog entries…
HT: Aardvark Alley for a new entry on my blogroll, Rev. Tim May’s On the Lutheran Church and Her Liturgy.
Pr. May has a particularly nice posting from Oct 19, entitled The Gift of Pastors (Eph 4:11-16), in which he expounds in a [...]
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