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What If Residential Seminary is the Gold Standard?

The guys at Unite Leadership Collective are adamant that the seminary model we have for pastoral formation is not sufficient. In the past, the narrative has been that the “residential model” is the “gold standard,” but we need something to supplement it. But the shift now is to question the “gold standard” part itself.

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Most Certainly Beane

I have a Substack called Most Certainly Beane. You are invited to subscribe (it’s free), or simply to read it at the website. Or not! I never post things behind a paywall. The name is tongue-in-cheek humor. I wanted to put my name on it (as I’m the only contributor) and make the name of the blog a kind of Lutheran “dad joke.” So there it is. You are free to groan, and as Lutherans, hopefully in four-part harmony.

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The Office of Septuagesima: or, Why We Need a Lutheran Breviary

While the Lutheran Church is, unquestionably, a liturgical church (at least, according to her symbols), the heritage of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod is particularly one of liturgical renewal. The LCMS found her origins in the liturgical and confessional revivals of the early 19th century, and was distinguished at the outset from other American Lutherans by such “papistic” customs as crucifixes, chanting, and (oh, the horror!) lighted altar candles in broad daylight.

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