I am speaking at the St. Michael’s Liturgical Conference next week in Fort Wayne. In sort of typical Peperkorn fashion, I’m working on about three different papers all at once for this. The one that I believe is going to land is going on the working title of “Bored of Preaching? What to do with […]
My friends over at Four and Twenty Blackbirds are proposing an evangelical canon to be followed by pastors and congregations in the LCMS. Rather than get stuck in the midst of the 55 comments (and going) they have on the list, I will offer my observations here. First and foremost, it is undeniable that our […]
You hear these words bandied about quite often. So-and-so is goal oriented, as ompared to so-and-so who is process oriented. I’ve been thinking about these two concepts in connection with the Office of the Ministry. It’s up to y’all to tell me if I’m crazy or a heretic. The goal oriented person takes a long […]
““Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’? Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward […]
This week was spent at the first part of the Doxology advanced training for pastoral care. It’s going to take me a while to digest all of this, but I will tell you this: it was the best three days I’ve spent in pastoral training since becoming a parish pastor. The chapels were excellent, the […]