Archive for June, 2006
Quick Update
Heard today from Scott again, briefly. He said they arrived safely in Chita by train. When he called it was around 3 a.m. for him (Sun. afternoon in Pittsburgh) and they had just gotten in from the train station. He said they are doing well. I assume they will start their teaching in Chita on [...]
A Russia Update
It’s Julie writing again. Scott called this afternoon around 4:00 (which was Thursday morning there). He said he was doing well, and is really enjoying his teaching. Yesterday was his last day of teaching at his first stop of Petropavlosk, Kamchatka. Pastor Quill from the Fort Wayne seminary is also teaching with him. He said [...]
In Russia
Hi everyone – this is Pastor Stiegemeyer’s wife, Julie. I just got off the phone with Scott, and he asked me to update his blog to let everyone know what’s going on with his mission trip.
He arrived in Vladivostok yesterday (I think pretty late last night), and now they are getting ready to leave Vladivostok [...]
Siberia, Here I Come
While I shall only be in Moscow (picture left) long enough to catch a jet back to the U.S., I will be spending the next 3 weeks in Russia on a mission trip for the Lutheran Church.
I leave first thing tomorrow to meet my travelling companion, Dr. Timothy Quill from Concordia Theological Seminary. Together [...]
Luther on the Great Books
I think it was C.S. Lewis who said something to the effect that you should read two old books for every new one.
I dug up this quote from Martin Luther on the value of excellent books. He could’ve said this yesterday.
Since, then, God now has so graciously bestowed upon us an abundance of arts, [...]
House Cat Chases Bear Up Tree
If you are a cat-lover like myself, you know how those little guys can have certain attitude (which I like to call catitude). Well, this funny story is of Jack the cat chasing a frightened black bear up a tree – twice. The accompanying photograph is worth gold.
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Ben Roethlisberger in Motorcycle Accident
Big Ben, Steelers star QB, was injured in what appears to have been a very serious biking accident today. Here’s the story.
His coach and supporters have been trying to convince him to stay off the bike noting its danger. Or at least to wear a helmet. See here.
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25 Most Controversial Films
Entertainment Weekly gives us this list of their choices for the 25 most controversial movies ever made.
It’s a pretty good list. And though I predicted what they’d put in the number one slot, I am amazed that Brokeback Mountain wasn’t even on the list. Have depictions of two men having sex on screen [...]
Lutherans in Eastern Russia
My friends, the Holy Spirit is doing a marvelous work in Siberia, Russia. The good news of Jesus Christ is being proclaimed and lives are being saved. You need to become familiar with the efforts of the Siberian Lutheran Mission Society.
Go to their website and read some of the newsletters from the archive. [...]
Gotta Have ‘Em Songs
So, if you were about to spend … oh approximately 17 hours on a plane to Seoul, Korea then about five more hours on a plane to Vladavostok, Russia and then another four or five hours again to Petropovlovsk, Russia – y’know, give or take – what TEN killer songs would you absolutely positively have [...]
