a good day to be Lutheran

  When Pastor Harrison said, before thousands of people watching online, before his peers, before politicians and our Lord Himself, “I will stand personally for the rights of every single person. I will give my sons up to fight for this country and sacrifice everything I have for the sake of guaranteeing the rights of every single citizen in this country,” he was speaking for … Continue reading a good day to be Lutheran

life at the bottom

Now that January is over, it’s time to officially ditch your New Year’s resolutions and make good use of that time you would have wasted at the gym reading Theodore Dalrymple’s Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass. This is the kind of book that you really ought to read at least once a year. Or maybe monthly. Weekly even, especially if … Continue reading life at the bottom

C’mon, men. Act like men!

Unless you (a) are technologically Amish, (b) have been held hostage out of the country, or (c) suffer from a reprehensibly intense theological apathy, you’re aware that the third edition of Pastor Harrison and Professor Pless’ book Women Pastors: The Ordination of Woman in Biblical Lutheran Perspective is due out this year. Probably you should all buy it, and certainly you should all read it. … Continue reading C’mon, men. Act like men!