In Honor of Gottesblog

This past week my colleague in office, Rev. John Berg, and I made our regular pilgrimage to T.H. Stempers in Milwaukee. For those of you unfamiliar, this is like a candy store (beerhall?) for confessional Lutherans. It is a Roman Catholic supply store run by seven brothers and their mother. They have great service, good […]

Prayer Answered (Lent 2, Reminiscere)

Todd A. Peperkorn, STM Messiah Lutheran Church Kenosha, Wisconsin Lent 2 – Reminiscere (March 8, 2009) Matthew 15:21-28 For an audio MP3 of this sermon, CLICK HERE TITLE: “Prayer Answered” Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for this morning is the Gospel lesson just […]

Ministering as if already dead

I heard an essay/interview on NPR last night about a soldier in Iraq who suffered from post-traumatic stress. One of the things that he said which really flooded me was that he became much more effective as an officer when he had resigned himself to the fact that he was going to die in Iraq, […]

Cross+Words: Redeemer

Todd A. Peperkorn, STM Messiah Lutheran Church Kenosha, Wisconsin Wednesday of Invocabit Isaiah 43:1-7, I Peter 1:13-21 TITLE: “Cross+Words: Redeemer” In the name of the Father and of the † Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Our text for the beginning of our series on Cross+Words is taken from Isaiah chapter 43 and 1 […]