A blog of the Evangelical Lutheran Liturgy
The Church needs her based young men to consider vocations in the office of the holy ministry.
There is an extraordinary event to help young men in this discernment process: the Maier Conference, the weekend of Friday, May 2, 2025 in the Orlando, Florida area. Registration is open.
Read MoreThe Michigan District has its own Hymnal Project! You can find it at thehymnalproject.com.
Read MoreThere have been three relatively recent conversions to our Lutheran confession of the faith from other communions of Christianity: people whom we would consider to be “influencers.”
Read More“Avoiding Contention” is the title of the January 23, 2025 Portals of Prayer devotion, authored by the Rev. Fr. Joshua LeBorious - Senior Pastor of Hope Lutheran Church in Friendswood, Texas
Read MoreNow get ready for Simia videt, simia facit (monkey see, monkey do).
Read More10 Reasons to Apply to Luther Classical College Today!
Read More“Lutheranism must change or die” is how the Rev. Dr. Lawrence Rast summarizes the 1840s hysteria of a General Synod Lutheran seminary professor named Benjamin Kurtz (1795-1867)…
Read MoreThose who read and preach during the Divine Service ought to be careful to avoid dramatization, to say nothing of stand-up comedy.
Read MoreAll things are good. But especially good are the created things of our God and Savior: whatever the age sees, whatever the soul considers, whatever reason explains, whatever the hand touches, whatever the understanding comprehends. Indeed, whatever humanity possesses. For what is more multiform than the beauty of the heavenly expanse? What is more bedecked with flowers than the form of the earth? What is more dazzling in its course than the chariot of the sun? What carriage is more beautiful than the heavenly orb of the moon? What work is more marvelous than the music richly emitted by the stars? What is more serviceable for travel than the friendly winds? What mirror is clearer than the light of day? What living thing is worthy of more honor than man? Therefore all things are good, especially the things created by our God and Savior.
Read MoreTypical of Curtis’ style, his arguments are concise, his application clear, and his prose eminently readable. He doesn’t wax poetic, but gives us the facts, elaborates on what those facts indicate, and offers clear, practical, and actionable advice on bringing the task of pastoral ministry to bear in this context — which is the highest probability within The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
Read More… for a little round of “Who Said That (Lutheran Edition)?”
Read MoreIf a pastor wants to observe the 12 days of Christmas in his parish, what propers would he use? File this away for next year to help with Christmas service planning.
Read MoreIn the aftermath of the New Year’s Day terrorist attack in New Orleans, the Roman Catholic archbishop hosted an interfaith prayer service in the St. Louis Cathedral in the heart of the French Quarter. And this should be a cause for Christians to be hopeful for the future.
Read MoreStep softly, under snow or rain,
To find the place where men can pray;
The way is all so very plain
That we may lose the way.
