Author Archives: Rev. Paul R. Harris

About Rev. Paul R. Harris

As of June 2019, Pastor Harris is an independent confessional Lutheran clergyman shepherding an independent confessional Lutheran church.

Have a Good Game

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

I’m shutting the door to my study, on my way to conduct the Divine Service, preach the Word, and administer the Sacrament. One of my members, athletic himself with his kids in sports, says casually, “Have a good game.” He … Continue reading →

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Moving On

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

Nope this isn’t about the 1998 left-leaning organization formed to oppose the impeachment of Clinton. It’s about my sister. She goes to a large Midwest LCMS church in the Midwest. I first went to Lutheran school here at age 6. … Continue reading →

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I Know What Got Sodom So Pi**ed at Lot – Visit to a Metropolitan Community Church

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

P***ed is a vulgarism now accepted by society. There are some expressions the Army uses that are still vulgar and unacceptable to society. Nevertheless, they express accurately certain situations. And it’s accurate to say the people of Sodom were pi**ed … Continue reading →

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Adios LCMS

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

That’s the name for a file folder in my email for the last 2 ½ years. I wasn’t trying to be flippant, but it is. As of 12 September 2019 in the year of Our Lord, I am no longer … Continue reading →

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Let’s Get Chemical

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

“Let’s get physical, physical…Let me hear your body talk,” sang Oliva Newton-John in 1981. Well, we’ve went a step beyond that. Now the national zeitgeist says “Let’s get chemical, chemical…Let me hear my body talk.”

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Selective Fellowship

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

If you grew up in the 40s to the early 70s, Selective Service, though I don’t think it was always called that, was the big bugaboo. Males 18 and up had to register to serve in the armed forces. It … Continue reading →

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Visit to a Methodist Church – Is there Methodism in this Madness?

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

This sure didn’t seem like the mainline liberal, bang-the-social-gospel-gong church, I expected to find. I found the Gospel here, liturgy (low church but liturgy nonetheless), and no contemporary worship.

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Max (Lucado) & Rick (Warren) Eat Your Heart Out

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

Well, this is an embarrassment. I saved this post October 2018. I think it is my parody of the type of Bible “study” I see being done, but I honestly don’t know if it’s that or I am passing on one … Continue reading →

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Slaying the Dragon Slayer?

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

The title of the December 18, 2017 New York Times book review of Eric Metaxas’ biography of Martin Luther is “Slaying the Dragon of the Dark Ages”. The review of his book here may be more aptly styled as slaying … Continue reading →

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Wormtongue Works Both Ways

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

In The Two Towers the character Wormtongue makes the Lord of the Mark believe he is weaker than he is by discouraging words, by disparaging his strength, by highlighting his age. He’s a true spirit of despair. He’s a walking … Continue reading →

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