As it turns out, it is both a sense of defeat and victory in coming to terms with […]
Pastor
I recently received a phone call that I had been expecting for well over a year. Though the […]
What happens when a pastor dies? Everything and nothing. Yesterday I went to the funeral of Rev. Ron […]
Last Sunday I went to an installation service for a new pastor in our area. I have always […]
Last week the Ringside Preachers podcast was in Fort Wayne, IN for the seminary’s annual symposia. We had […]
You don’t know him. He hasn’t written any books. He doesn’t have a podcast. He doesn’t write for […]
Every now and then the duties of the pastoral vocation overwhelm me. Sometimes I find being a pastor […]
Thirty. That’s the number of Vicars that went out from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis this year. Thirty men, […]
“In short: enthusiasm clings to Adam and his children from the beginning to the end of the world […]
Even if you have not seen Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront (1954; streaming for free on Amazon Prime), […]