I’m a big fan of Lutheran pastors. I’m also a big fan of Lutheran pastors’ wives. Being married to a pastor must be like being married to a doctor or a paramedic, never knowing when your husband might have to dash out, dash off, dash in. Your phone rings a lot. Your doorbell rings a lot. Your ears ring a lot. You get frustrated. You … Continue reading a variation on a theme
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an LCMS in possession of a convention year must be criddly.* To peruse Facebook or Twitter, you’d think that: Going to a convention = the world is ending. Delegates will each receive 40 lashes upon arrival, departure and at any point in which they start to wonder if this is an amendment to an amendment or an amended … Continue reading chill
Bombs explode in Boston, and we are afraid. Tornados wipe out portions of Oklahoma, and we are in shock. The Boy Scouts consider changing policy. The SCOTUS waits to rule on the legality of same-sex marriage. The chaos and craziness, the fear and worry are almost overwhelming. Think about it for a second, and life feels more than a little out of control. Satan loves … Continue reading of bombs and tornadoes
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