Acolyte Corps Quarantine Workout

Rites/CeremoniesJason BraatenMay 9, 2020Acolytes Comments

A Poem for Mother's Day

CultureBurnell EckardtMay 8, 2020Comment

Cantate Domino Canticum Novum

I have always found it highly significant that when Christians first show up in the pagan literature, they appear as singing. The year was approximately 112 A.D. Pliny the Younger, serving as the Roman governor in Pontus and Bithynia wrote to the Emperor for guidance about what to do with the Christians. When he describes their practice he says this: “they were accustomed to meet on a fixed day before dawn and sing responsively a hymn to Christ as to a god.”

William WeedonMay 7, 2020Comment

Martin Luther on "A Little While," on Sorrow and Joy

Burnell EckardtMay 5, 2020Comment

Johann Gerhard on the Law of God

Fr. Mark BradenMay 4, 2020Comment

The Comfort of Eastertide

John BussmanMay 2, 2020Comment

Mightier than the Sword and COVID-19

Burnell EckardtApril 28, 2020Comment

Anonymous

There are times when anonymity is called for.

Larry BeaneApril 24, 2020 Comments

De Profundis Interdicti Magni Anno MCMXX--From the Depths of the Great Interdict of 2020

John StephensonApril 20, 2020 Comments

CCD compliant Communion

David PetersenApril 15, 2020Covid-19 Pandemic, Panic during Pandemic, Pastoral Care, The Sacrament of the Altar, Eucharistic Piety, CDC guidelines Comment

The Pastor Firstname Entertainment Hour

This parody really captures the spirit of a lot of the non-traditional LCMS broadcasts online today. If this stuff were a banknote, it would be a three-dollar denomination.

In the LCMS, we could add: “Pietism + Narcissism. We call it Piecissim.”

Larry BeaneApril 14, 2020 Comment

Woman, Behold Your Son

Take heart, dear child of God. He has not forgotten you. You are a disciple whom Jesus loves. Indeed, He loves you dearly. Yes, even you. And not only has He given you to comfort and care for your brothers and sisters in His Name, and for the widows and orphans in distress, but He has also laid you upon the bosom of His Church, that you should find in her your own dear Mother.

Rick StuckwischApril 10, 2020Comment

A Guest Essay by the Rev. Dr. Alexey Streltsov: The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Digitization of the Church

This is a document, which was prepared for the Russian speaking Lutheran context in view of the questions the people of the Church had related to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Larry BeaneApril 6, 2020Comment

So should we do away with the chalice?

John StephensonApril 4, 2020 Comment

Out of the barn!

Burnell EckardtApril 4, 2020Comment

Pastoral Letter of Encouragement

For those who are presently constrained and prevented from many (perhaps all) of your regular duties, the temptation to despair is poignant. But do not be afraid! The Lord is with you and for you, He loves you, and His plans and purposes for you have neither gone awry nor been abandoned. It is for Him to know what He is even now preparing for you. And to you it is given to watch and pray, to wait upon His mercy, and to live by His grace through faith in His Word and promise.

Stewardship of the Mysteries of God

There are many reasons why ordained pastors cannot consecrate the body and blood of Christ over the Internet for families assembled at home.

Here’s one reason::

The pastor is the “steward of the mysteries of God” (1 Cor 4:1). This is expressed clearly in Apology 24:80:

Larry BeaneApril 3, 2020 Comments

Homeschooling Should Not Lead to Home Communing

Ben BallApril 2, 2020 Comment

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