A blog of the Evangelical Lutheran Liturgy
To be sure, the Creator and creature are different, but – especially at this time of year! – we can rejoice in the fact that we shouldn’t draw such a sharp distinction between God and man that the rest of the Scriptures are at odds with a crude understanding of that bare statement.
Read MoreI’m in the habit of putting poems or patristic quotations in the service leaflet each week, and this one by Christina Rossetti seems to make its appearance on the Second Sunday in Advent each year.
Read MoreRead MoreConcordia Texas has begun celebrating the Lord's Supper at the chapel services.
Note: Today is the feast of St. Ambrose of Milan. Below is my daily devotion for today based on the Treasury of Daily Prayer lectionary.
Read MoreA defense for using the Christmas Vigil Propers on Sunday, December 24, 2023 instead of Advent 4.
Read MoreOne of the best things ever from CPH is the one-two punch of the Treasury of Daily Prayer and the Pray Now app.
Read MoreIf a state government can do this, could our synod do this with our Concordias?
Read MoreWith the Thanksgiving feast upon us, many of our churches will sing the old Lutheran hymn, Nun Danket Alle Gott (“Now Thank We All Our God” LSB 895).
Read MoreThis kind of thing is inevitable once the substance of reverence is removed from a place of worship and replaced by the style of the world.
Read MoreAs Patton observed concerning the men who were beaten at Kasserine Pass, I believe we in the ministerium suffer for want of discipline.
Read MoreIn an earlier post, I mentioned the conversion and baptism of Katherine Von Drachenberg, also known as the TV personality Kat Von D. She recently appeared on a podcast, in which she said (as quoted in a Relevant Magazine article): “I want to worship. I don’t want to go to a concert.”
Read MoreWe thank God for the second unanimous acquittal today for Bishop Juhana Pohjola and Dr. Päivi Räsänen.
Read MoreThese words, written following the horrors of the First World War, came to mind for this Veterans' Day. Though they were written for a different country and a different war in what seems like a different age, one sympathizes.
Read MoreThis is the keynote address from this year’s St. Michael Liturgical Conference at Zion Evangelical-Lutheran Church, Detroit, September 25, 2023.
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