Category Archives: For Pastors Only

Sorry you’ll have to Google this if you want to readily know what I’m talking about.  You could cheat and use the source everyone disses yet uses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donatist .  Shakespeare’s play “Measure for Measure” also treats this ancient tension.  I … Continue reading →

People will usually describe themselves as either a morning or a night person.  The Lord doesn’t care for as the hymn says, “Day and night are both alike to Thee.”  Some people do, however, care.  Lord help you, and I … Continue reading →

  Most confessional Lutherans know WWJD ought to be replaced by WDJD, i.e. “What Did Jesus Do?” should be asked instead of “What Would Jesus Do?”  Not nearly enough of us know what JDDJ stands for. 

     I cannot call you “Father,”     “And be ye not called masters,”     Because I’m C. of E.,            The text announces too;    With such un-English customs     So, do not call me “Mister,”     I strongly disagree.             Which also … Continue reading →

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.

   In Army Airborne School in 1976, the instructors would say as you walked out to the plane for your first jump, “The jump isn’t that bad; it’s just that last 2 inches you got to watch out for.”  I … Continue reading →

It is fitting that this Gospel Word should come from a preacher (Ecc. 1:1).  He says, “What is lacking cannot be counted” (Ecc. 1:15).  Take it from one who has spent a ministry counting what was lacking: it is fruitless, … Continue reading →

“He said, ‘I hate this bar and I hate to drink. But on second thought, tonight I think I hate everything.’”