‘Tis the season of funerals. At least for me.

In early December, I conducted the funeral of a dear parishioner, Claire Bealer. The service was not particularly “high church,” as it was conducted, in accordance with the family’s wishes, at the funeral home - in the simple, nondescript, generic chapel .

Larry BeaneDecember 30, 2018 Comments

The Theology of the Cross and the Redeemer Conference

David PetersenDecember 29, 2018Theology of the Cross, Martin Luther, David Scaer, David P. Scaer, Lutheran Confessions, Suffering, Anfechtung, Christian Life, Sanctification Comments

The Holy Innocents—Keble's "The Christian Year"

PreachingJason BraatenDecember 28, 2018The Christian Year, John Keble, The Holy Innocents Comment

St. John's Day—Keble's "The Christian Year"

PreachingJason BraatenDecember 27, 2018The Christian Year, John Keble, St. JohnComment

St. Stephen's Day—Keble's "The Christian Year"

PreachingJason BraatenDecember 26, 2018The Christian Year, John Keble, St. StephenComment

Three Christ Masses

Burnell EckardtDecember 25, 2018Comment

St. Thomas’ Day—Keble's "The Christian Year"

Historic Lectionary, PreachingJason BraatenDecember 21, 2018Immanuel Lutheran ChurchThe Christian YearComment

Luther's Christmas Preaching Advice to Preachers

Ben BallDecember 20, 2018 Comment

Putting Christ Back into Christmas

Ben BallDecember 19, 2018Comment

Vom Himmel Hoch

Ben BallDecember 18, 2018Comment

Bernard of Clairvaux, "On The Vigil of Our Lord's Nativity"

PreachingJason BraatenDecember 18, 2018Bernard of Clairvaux, Christmas Eve (Midnight) Comment

Imagine

Here they come again. A new website launched by some operatives in the left wing of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, with the gimmicky name Imagine Immeasurably More, has begun politicking in preparation for the 2019 convention of the Synod next summer.