Gottesblog

The Boston interfaith service is here.

If you filled out the original CPH survey on the bulletins for the historical lectionary, you recently got an email asking how you handle the Trinity season. Whether you got that email or not, I've also put up the same questions for our readers in our latest poll at right.

About a month ago, we at Gottesdienst contacted CPH about the possibility of getting bulletins keyed to the Historic Lectionary with classic and excellent Christian artwork. The project was assigned to the same folks who gave us the wonderful Treasury of Daily Prayer. I, for one, am very excited about the prospect. I've priced out doing something similar at our local printer: 25 cents a copy and I'd have to find the art! In contrast, CPH bulletins run more in the 6 to 8 cent range.

How should we talk with our people about living a godly life? How should we encourage them to progress in godly living and yet not fall into works righteousness? We could start by just telling them about what the struggle is like. Gerhard does a good job, I think.

Anthony Esolen has a very fine essay on the topic.

While on a post-Easter family trip I drove by the parish where a friend of mine, Fr. Brian Holle, serves. Father Holle is an asset to the ministerium - just a really good pastor and a really good guy. And something on the sign outside his parish spoke to my heart in a special way. It summed up to me everything I love about the MO Synod, everything I think it should be and, on its good days, everything it is.