Archive for December, 2006
Hear the Kantorei
Concordia Theological Seminary has a wonderful 16 voice choir, the Kantorei. Their Epiphany tour this year takes them to Maryland, Connecticut, New York, Virginia, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Here is their itinerary. Yours truly will be traveling as the preacher. Come hear us. And tell any prospective seminarians you might [...]
Geo-Caching
How many of you have heard of this? It sounds cool.
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Reading Scripture
Just another reminder that we are producing 5-minute audio devotions for each day in Advent. Go here to listen.
I recorded one this evening which will go up in a couple of days. In it I talk about the continuity that exists between the Old and New Testaments of the bible. I didn’t [...]
Religious Films: Go or No Go?
After the massive success of The Passion, Hollywood has been percolating with ideas about how to cash in on the whole religion thing. The current film, The Nativity Story, is an example of this.
First, has anyone seen the Nativity movie and what did you think of it?
Secondly, here is an interesting article explaining how [...]
The Bones of St. Paul
I know it sounds like the title of an Agatha Christie -style murder mystery. But it’s not. Some archaeologists believe they’ve found the bones of the apostle. See here.
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Crash, Total Depravity and Other Stuff
I haven’t posted much lately in large part because I’ve been terribly sick with some virus. It’s been three weeks and I think I am only now starting to turn the corner.
But here are a couple of things going on:
Work in recruitment for the seminary is fun and challenging. I really enjoyed a [...]
Nativity Story Quiz
How well do you know the Nativity story? Take this quiz.
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Give Me Your Ideas
I want you to give me your ideas for how to recruit more excellent students for the seminary. I have lots of ideas we’re working on, and this recent conference in Indy really got some juices flowing. What do you suggest?
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What’s Up?
I haven’t posted as much lately, in part, because of being on the road a bit. But I’ve also just started to emerge from a nasty cold. I got back from a conference in Indy on Friday night. I laid down in the recliner and didn’t get up until this morning at [...]
Advent Devotions
This Sunday marks the beginning of the new liturgical year. Many Christians observe this special season by special offerings, midweek worship services, advent calendars, wreaths, etc. I don’t know how common this is in other traditions but we Lutherans like Advent devotion books. Daily Scripture readings with short meditations and prayers.
The Admission [...]
