Archive for the ‘Novels’ Category
“Twilight,” the Book: A Review
So I finally read Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, the vampire mega-hit that is so popular today with early adolescent girls. I give it a B-.
Until about the last twenty pages, the plot remained strong and engaging. I appreciate the unique remote Northwest setting, with its rain-drenched gloomy atmosphere. Vampires, it seems, do [...]
Leap Like Calves
Below is the homily I preached this morning in Kramer Chapel at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN. I think I overdid it a bit with the references, quotes and illustrations. As the dean said afterward, “well that was a post-modern romp.”
Text: Malachi 4: 1-6
This is the way the world ends
This is the [...]
Midnighters Coming to Television
Haven’t you ever wished you had one more hour in your day? Many of us have fantasized about having more time, when in fact, we already have all the time there is.
Not so in the Midnighters universe, an inventive trilogy of speculative YA fiction by Scott Westerfeld. I just finished reading book one, The Secret [...]
Wassup with this Latest Vampire Craze?
You’d have to try pretty hard not to notice that vampires have invaded our popular culture to an astounding degree in recent years. What’s up with that? Vampire legends have existed in many cultures for many centuries and there have been quite a few variations along the way. Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula, came out in [...]
“Paradox,” New Time-Loopy Series on BBC
Remember the Tom Cruise flick, Minority Report? It was based on the classic story by Philip K. Dick. Set in the near future, the police were able to detect future crimes and stop them from happening. The BBC will soon air a new series with a similar premise called Paradox. It actually sounds quite [...]
Concordia Lutheran High School Chapel Homily
Concordia Lutheran High School , Fort Wayne, IN
April 22, 2009
Text: 1 Cor 12:12-20; John 15:1-8
Just to introduce myself: I am Pastor Scott Stiegemeyer. I’m the Director of Admission at Concordia Theological Seminary. I go all over the country talking to young men about becoming pastors and young women about becoming deaconesses, but that is not [...]
The “Deffner Society” Will Awaken
Dr. Donald Deffner was one of my seminary professors when I attended Concordia Theological Seminary in the early 90s. He was a great prof. My favorite class with him was on evangelizing the intellectual. Deffner was all about striking up conversations with thoughtful people by engaging them via popular books and other media. He was [...]
