It was not the best day. It was Trinity Sunday and I felt highly incompetent trying to ‘explain’ the unexplainable in a sermon. If you ever want to have your intellect humbled, try to explain the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one God, The Holy Trinity without committing heresy and do so in under fifteen…
I came upon this post quite by accident this morning while looking for something else entirely and I found something about it to be quite profound. This line in particular “And perhaps mercy and creation aren’t really that different.” There’s some really good stuff there about mercy and what we Lutherans might call grace. It is well…
At several points during the synod assembly each year, we have what are called ‘Dwelling In The Word Moments’. They are brief stories shared by different people about how scripture has touched their lives in some way or another. The purpose is to encourage one another to see the value of scripture and its priceless…
Recently, I added a new section in the Links (right hand side of the screen) to include blogs that are written by some of my campus ministry students. I commend them to you as interesting reading! The ones I have listed now are three very different students at different places in their lives with different…
Today is the first official day on the job for my summer intern. Therefore, it is my first official day on the job as a summer internship supervisor. No pressure. No pressure. I keep telling myself this. I wonder if that mantra will work at some point. The internship is supported through Project Connect which…
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