Yesterday’s Gospel was from John 20 [show]John 20
Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the [...]
Over the last 9 months of my internship, I have fielded many a questions from prospective students about Deaconesses, our program, etc, and I thought it might be helpful to put some of the FAQ’s out there for any other women that might be wondering the same things.
1. What is a deaconess?
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“Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There’s a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.” - Bill Gates
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Even though we are still basking in the glory of the Festival of the Resurrection, today my mind turns toward Christmas. That’s because today is the commemoration of the Annunciation, the scene in Luke’s Gospel where the angel tells Mary that she will bear a son who will be called the Son of God. [...]
Tagged abortion, Annunciation, christmas, Frederica Matthewes-Green, March 25, Virgin MaryS. M. Hutchins has an insightful post at Mere Comments, the blog of Touchstone Magazine on contemplating true life in the face of death. He ponders whether passing from life in the womb to life in the world is not unlike our passing from life in the world to life in heaven. He wonders whether [...]
Tagged Death, heaven, Mere Comments, S. M. Hutchins, TouchstoneDeath is unnatural in the sense that it is not the design of the Creator. It’s not supposed to happen to you. When God created Adam and Eve in the Garden, it was not His purpose for them to die. Death is not just a part of the “circle of life” [...]
Tagged Death, Euthanasia, Good Friday, Resurrection, TriduumAs I’m sure everyone is aware, Issues Etc. on KFUO has been canceled, and it will be missed. That program had no small part in my decision to go to seminary to study for the pastoral ministry. I have friends, too, from the seminary who either came to historic Lutheranism or to the seminary because [...]
Tagged Iowa, Issues Etc.Debt is for real. Students, married couples, singles, new parents, retired folks, you name them are all dealing with it.
How can we confront this issue? What does it mean for prospective students for the seminary? What does it mean for students at the seminary or graduates? We’d like to know, so we’ve put together a [...]
Philosophers have measur’d mountains,
Fathom’d the depths of seas, of states, and kings,
Walk’d with a staffe to heav’n, and traced fountains:
But there are two vast, spacious things,
The which to measure it doth more behove:
Yet few there are that sound them; Sinne and Love.
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Concordia Theological Seminary’s Good Shepherd Institute of Pastoral Theology and Sacred Music announces the release of an 80-minute DVD with Dolby Surround Stereo called: Singing the Faith-Living the Lutheran Musical Heritage. This is a four-week study that tells the history of Lutheran congregational song and is viewable in four 20-minute segments [...]
Tagged CPH, Good Shepherd Insititute, Lutheran Hymnody, worship
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