God in the Grit
God in the grit, stooping in dust again,
scooping up dust again,
passes into ashes,
dust to life
Reflections on God
in everyday life
Early SErmon Seeds to get you thinking about next week
Quotations from great thinkers
questions inviting responses
Hope in the middle of the mess
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Instant Coolness
This week we had convocation, a very formal event. Faculty in gowns. Litanies in celebration of education. Announcements of awards. The Provost began announcing those faculty members who have received tenure and promotions. He announced Prof. Boyer’s promotion and they flashed an informal picture of him in sunglasses looking cool. Everyone laughed. Then Prof. Gustafson’s promotion was announced and a pic of him experimenting on a river in full waders made everyone laugh again. Next Prof.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Ahh, James
For those who have had enough bread, guest blogger, amazing seminarian Jason Chesnut shares reflections on next week’s epistle [James 1:17-27]
Ahh, James. This New Testament book is always fun, especially for Lutherans, to tackle, since Martin Luther himself famously referred to it as an “epistle of straw.” Turns out Luther was pretty sensitive to anything in the Scriptures that didn’t specifically and overtly mention Jesus the Christ – they were, in his mind, worthless.
Added to this,
Saturday, August 22, 2009
The Wise Guy
Many of you know the short version of the votes that took place in MN. I thought our bishop responded well immediately after the vote. Here are his thoughts as recorded in a communication I received from LC/NA.
Bishop Hanson comments after the vote were pastoral and an appropriate cap to the momentous day:
"I would like to speak before I call on any mics.
"I want more time to think about words from one you have called to serve as pastor of this church.
I have been standing here thinking
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
What in the World?
A friend of mine who’d heard about the ELCA’s upcoming votes regarding full welcome of those with differing sexual orientations asked me what in the world is going on with the Lutherans. Here is part of my response:
Lutheranism has always held that not moral options but the gift of God's grace in Christ is what holds us together. Trust in Christ is the center that defines us and not moral practices. Sexuality issues have never been central in Lutheranism except in that it critiqued the narrow
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