This post by my cyberfriend Pastor Hans Fiene encapsulates so much of my own thinking on missions, outreach, and the place of buildings and such, I thought that I had actually written it in my sleep and morphed it into his brain. Okay, that’s a really weird sentence, but you get the idea. Districts are cutting [...]
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…and the Word became Flesh and dwelt among us….Browsing Posts in Ministry
You don’t need to have children to have a marriage…
April 21, 2011
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Christmas Pastor Widows
December 24, 2010
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Every Chirstmastide I am struck by how much I “check out” during the month of December. It seems like once Thanksgiving sets in, I am just not there for my family. Some Advent and Christmastides are better than others, of course, but it is always true. All of which makes me more and more amazed [...]
On Calls in the LCMS Today
May 5, 2010
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the situation of pastoral calls in the United States today. For those who do not know, this past week was Call Week at both of our LCMS seminaries. The LCMS Joint Seminary Fund recently put out their little PDF file listing where everyone is going, if you’re interested (with some tragic [...]
13 years and counting…
February 24, 2010
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Thirteen years ago today I was ordained into the Office of the Holy Ministry. It was an odd day, frankly. I was ordained, along with a dear friend of mine, at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne. Stiegemeyer and I were being called as admission counselors at CTS. It was in the early months of [...]
My memory of Pastor Ness
February 5, 2010
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I spend a lot of time with children in my daily work as a pastor. A lot of that comes from our congregation’s joint school, Christ Lutheran Academy. We also have a pre-school, Little Lambs Learning Center, and I have first communion/confirmation instruction for 4-7th grade. Plus I do things on the side for Higher [...]
