What does “pastoral” mean?
This is a really good explanation of what we have done with this word. Read the original article here. I have alluded several times to the evolving meaning of that […]
Category Archives: Thoughts & News
“The Pastrix Goes Pornstrix”
Nadia Bolz-Weber is rather well-known to Barossians as she was kindly invited by local congregations to speak at Faith Collage a couple years ago. She is also well know to […]
What is wrong with us?
If you are curious to understand what is wrong with us these days, please, watch and enjoy this video. It is frightening how true it is, but … it also […]
Burning “the straw-man”.
By Rev Guntars Baikovs, Tanunda, October 2018. Listening to comments and seeing attitudes of some of the LCA members, both laypeople and pastors, it may seem that the LCA’s teaching […]
[New!] “Speak Lord 2018: Renew Your Church”
[New!] “Speak Lord, for your servant is listening!” (1.Sam 3:10) Come and join us for a retreat weekend where we will journey through Paul’s most beautiful letter – Ephesians. Date: […]
7 Hard, but Hopefully Helpful Words for Pastors
This is for all my pastor friends. It may not make as much sense to readers who haven’t served in that role. Read the original article by Ron Edmondson here. […]
Want to be like the world?
This is what many well intentional Christians have tried during the last 30 to 40 years hoping that that way they could be more attractive to the world. Obviously it […]
3 Questions Sleeping Christians Can’t Answer
Read the original article here. Tim Keller offers a group of “questions designed to wake up sleeping Christians” in the following video. His questions focus on three hallmarks of a growing […]
“This will happen with you too” Mark 9:2-9
And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his […]
Concerning the Six-Day Creation: a wonderful confession.
by Matthew C. Harrison You can find the original article here. Creation is a mystery. Just as science will forever have a problem with Jesus being God and man, with […]
Science and faith: good read.
Recently there were two publications dealing with this always intriguing topic ‘science and faith’. One was the latest edition of the Concordia Journal, and you can find it online here. Another publication was the Lutheran […]
