A blog of the Evangelical Lutheran Liturgy
Sometimes Gottesdienst gets criticized for complaining too much and too quickly, and not leaving enough leeway for district officials to handle trouble spots that pop up in the Missouri Synod. And we’re certainly willing to take constructive criticism, since we know how fallible we are, and that we sometimes can get things wrong, or make mistakes, and that we certainly have the capacity to be unfair. It’s always a good thing to be circumspect.
Read MoreYour conscience must be ruled by God’s Word regardless of how many vaccines you’ve received or masks you wear.
Read MoreI praise you because you hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you. But if any one is inclined to be contentious, we have no other practice, nor have the churches of God. (1 Corinthians 11:2, 16)
Read MoreOne of the things that I like about the Gottesdienst Crowd is that we are not advocates for the liturgy because of personal taste or effete sensibilities, or an intellectual devotion to historical marginalia. Pastors and laypeople involved in the life of the church understand that as the blood of Christ is the lifeblood of the Church, Sunday morning Divine Services are the vessels that carry the blood of the Lamb to us. Hence our name Gottesdienst.
Read MoreI have never been a synod delegate before. I should have known that I would be targeted by mail and email by ecclesiastical lobbying.
Read MoreIn our churches Mass is celebrated every Sunday and on other festivals when the sacrament is offered to those who wish for it after they have been examined and absolved. We keep traditional liturgical forms, such as the order of the lessons, prayers, vestments, etc.
~ Apology 24:1 (Tappert Translation)
Read MoreThe 2007 movie Idiocracy isn’t for everyone. Especially for children. Please don’t queue up the DVD in the Sunday School room. It’s even more inappropriate for children than Veggie Tales. If you are easily offended by crude language, it is not for you. But in the case of this film, the crudeness is necessary, as it is a satire upon the increasing crassness of our culture.
Read MoreA pastor of an LCMS congregation recently made a big production out of his congregation’s name change. They had previously excised the name “Lutheran”, but had retained the rest of the congregation’s original name after one of our Blessed Lord’s apostles. But now, in response to the disapproval of unbelievers, and based on focus groups and research, the pastor pushed for the congregation to adopt a completely non-traditional name that was actually the same as the brand name of an SUV. It has generated some humorous responses in the world of Lutheran social media and blogs.
Read MoreI guess the cat’s out of the bag. Christian News loves Gottesdienst! And while we don’t always agree with everything in CN, we appreciate their promoting us through reprinting a lot of our articles.
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