Movies: Are they Really Devil Spawn?

There’s no doubt about it: movies are here to stay. (I know, brilliant revelation.) Should Christians be free to see any movie they want to, even if it extols sin in its various forms (murder, adultery, fornication, gossip, theft, and the like)? Here are a few thoughts from a chronic moviegoer who happens to also […]

From the mouths of kindergartners…

So this morning in catechesis the kindergartners had “open question” time.  Always dangers with kindergartners.  This morning was no different. One child asked “Why did the devil make mosquitos?”

Eragon and Eldest – A Review of Two

    There are a number of things about these two books that fascinate me: 1) It is epic fantasy in the Tolkien traditio; 2) It’s written for youth; 3) The author started it when he was fifteen; and 4) The author was home schooled.

The Pastor and the Boards

The Holy Ministry has changed over the last hundred years. No, not the Word and Sacrament part, but just about everything else: hymnals in the pews, language, electronic organs, bulletins, cars, telephones, computers, sound systems, boards and meetings. Boards? Meetings?