A member wrote me today saying in part, “I found myself despairing over Obama and his future presidency and what this means for the abortion industry…. [F]or you, does Obama change anything?” (more…)
Archive for January, 2009
Knowing Nothing or Knowing Nothing But
Monday, January 26th, 2009Exhorting to Frustration
Monday, January 19th, 2009I want to do auto mechanics. I yearn to be able to pop the hood and know what I’m looking at. I want to get under the car on a mechanic’s creeper and say, “Hand me that ¾ inch wrench,” and really know where to use it. Do you think all the exhortation in the world is going to enable me to become an auto mechanic? (more…)
Ugly Betty
Monday, January 12th, 2009Betty isn’t ugly but we are making her that way. In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe when Father Christmas is handing out gifts he gives to Susan a bow and a quiver full of arrows and a bow and says, “You must use the bow only in great need, for I do not mean you to fight in the battle.” To Lucy he gives a dagger saying, “And the dagger is to defend yourself at great need. For you also are not to be in the battle.” This puzzles her and she says, “’Why, Sir? I think – I don’t know – but I think I could be brave enough.’” Father Christmas responds as so many fathers today fail to, “That is not the point. But battles are ugly when women fight.” (more…)
Does Order Matter?
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
The sainted Father Rudolph Kurz pointed this out when it happened. The Lutheran Annual originally listed the names of pastors on the LCMS clergy roster and then listed congregations. (more…)