By Todd A. Peperkorn Everyone has events that define them. In a very rare case, an event may rise to define a generation. Pearl Harbor or the assassination of JFK both come to mind. These are events with a clear before-and-after, where it seems as though everything has changed and there is no turning back. […]
Today is the twenty-fifth anniversary of my ordination into the Office of the Holy Ministry. This trip began as odd as one would expect. My colleague, Scott Stiegemeyer, and I were serving as admission counselors at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne. It was just a few short months since Dean Wenthe was elected president. […]
The last few weeks have been rather intense at my congregation. We have had a lot of people in the hospital, at least for our small-medium sized congregation. Surgeries, treatments for various types of cancer and other long-term diseases, really all kinds of things. I would say this is all typical, but there is nothing […]
I have observed with increasing consternation the ongoing saga of Thrivent giving funding to various pro-abortion organizations, including but not limited to Planned Parenthood. Here is a summary of events as I best understand them. I will happily provide corrections if I am in error in any way: Thrivent, through its Thrivent Choice program, has […]