Buckle up, buttercup. We’re diving headfirst into the kind of Truth that’ll make you want to pour yourself […]
theology of the Cross
Rest or fight? Wrong or right?When the going gets tough. Enough.Are you tough enough?Say the angels. Say the […]
Today’s Gospel reading from Luke chapter 2 is a big text. It is the sort of text which […]
Lutherans have always had a distrust of mysticism, or at least of the particular form of mysticism we’ve […]
We have all heard the saying. We have probably used it ourselves or had it used upon us. […]
Herod the Great had built up a magnificent and powerful rule. He was authoritative and feared. He was […]
I just came back from officiating the wedding ceremony for my friend’s daughter. Now, pastors are often divided […]
True fans of college sports, not the occasional person watching a football game with a passing interest or […]
“You could have sold that perfume to help the poor!” exclaims a young pious disciple. Sounds woke. Sounds […]
Last week’s gospel reading got me thinking about prayer. For those of you who do not enjoy the […]
One of the things which have increased greatly over this past year is the quantity and even seriousness […]
The featured character of the season of Advent, the main guy we always end up spending time discussing […]
Turkey on the table, smiles on the faces. Family together and music in the background. And here, now we gather to give thanks. But what is it, then, that we give thanks for? Turkey on the table, smiles on the faces, family together and music in the background. Peace and comfort. Food and drink. Family and neighbors. A slice of annual happiness that we try to conjure up with some sights, sounds, and smells.
CS Lewis, correcting the idea that desires are inherently sinful, once said that the problem with our desires […]
Jack Donovan in his book Becoming a Barbarian has a chapter titled “The Empire of Nothing.” In it he offers a compelling critique of our current political and cultural milieu. In fact, he argues that it isn’t so much a culture that is being forwarded but an anticulture where there is no “Emperor, no center and no people.” Instead, the Empire of Nothing is a collection of businesses and institutions that have aligned against identity in some vague hope of “progress.”
Eddie Van Halen died. Facebook is flooded with pictures of him hammering the neck of his guitar with […]
Pink flowers etched on to the couch. Faked a smile at the wilting flowers outside the window drenched […]
To be a Christian should not be something taken lightly. It is not something that effects just one […]
The end of the book of Genesis contains what has been called the Joseph Narratives. These scenes move […]
Saint Paul tells Jesus’ church in Rome to love their enemies and to not be overcome by evil […]