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It's not too late to contact any students you may know at Concordia Seminary-St. Louis and encourage them to come to the Opus Dei meeting this evening in the undercroft of the chapel at 7:00pm. We're planning to cover worship in the Confessions and a very hands on look at the ceremonies of the traditional Lutheran Mass.

Father Seth Mierow passes this along for Gottesdienst readers in the Indianapolis area. And you folks in Indianapolis: it's just a short drive to Chicago for the May 1st Gottesdienst Conference at St. Paul in Brookfield. 

I'm scheduled to speak to the Opus Dei student group at Concordia Seminary - St. Louis this Thursday, March 29, at 7:00pm. This will be both a practical workshop on the ceremonies of Lutheran worship and a close look at what Ap. XXIV and FC SD X have to say about how Lutherans worship.

Nothing brings home the division and chaos of the MO Synod's worship practices like filling in for someone else or having someone else fill in for you. Here are some things to consider, garnered from my own mistakes and troubles in this regard.

The Coptic Church has had an interesting history - and no less interesting in recent decades. In reading of Pope Shenouda III's recent death (our condolences to all the bereaved) I found out yet another interesting fact about the Copts: "His successor's name will be chosen by a blindfolded child from among three finalists chosen by community leaders -- a process that could take months." 

At right please notice a new feature - a listing of the five best read posts from the current week and the five best read of all time.

A couple CTCR items. First, I think they have done a fine job of rejecting the dissent of Dr. Matthew Becker of Valparaiso University and (oddly enough) the NWD of the LCMS. For this the CTCR should be commended with our thanks. Read it here and here. One hopes that now the way is clear for the rest of the Synod's due process to proceed and remove Dr. Becker from the Synod roster.