Another crowd of young Lutherans-Eight hundred and three-enveloped St. Louis University this past week for one of the three Higher Things conferences this summer. At our seminary booth this exuberant group had the opportunity, as at the Poconos conference, to decorate their already CTS logo-laden backpacks, sign up for the Amazon.com Gift Card drawing, [...]
Tagged Dare to Be Lutheran, Higher Things, Youth ConferenceIn the first of the 3 summer ‘Higher Things’ conferences, youth from all over the United States (and world!) were in attendance at ‘Amen 2008.’ Six hundred and thirty to be exact. The University of Scranton never looked so Lutheran!
The philosophy of Higher Things is: ‘when we work, we work; when we play we [...]
Tagged Confessional Lutheran Youth Retreat, Higher Things, YouthThere have been some misnomers out there that describe deaconesses as “nuns” or “mini-pastors.” This blog post hopes to develop a primer discussion of what a deaconess is and what she is not, and leave you to understand the important distinctions of both. In relation to what deaconesses are alongside any other offices, this will [...]
Tagged CTS, deaconess, LCMS, Women's OrdinationPraise be to God that Pastors and deaconesses will be reaching all corners of the United States (and world) this summer to proclaim the Gospel and serve, as they embark on their new vicarages and internships, placements and Divine Calls. Please keep them in your prayers. They will need all the support they can [...]
Tagged , deaconess, Fort Wayne, SeminaryThe instrumental part that Miriam played in helping Moses and the Israelites to the Promise Land, Cana, is a beautiful metaphor for what we experience today in the edification of the Church. God chose Moses to be the pastor to His chosen people, and lead them through the wilderness. Likewise, both Aaron and Miriam were [...]
Tagged Church Work, gender, VocationOne notable quotable starts like so: “Christians are like fertilizer…” What a pleasant image of agricultural richness evoked in our minds… no? However, the middle and final part of the quote goes like this, “together they stink, until spread out over the land.”
How true is that? Between synodical polemical debates, intellectual ego stroking [...]
Tagged PolemicsWhile running a 15 kilometer road race (that’s 9.4 miles) for the first time in my life this past weekend, I thought to myself “How did I get here?” It was to my utter amazement coupled with the preparation leading up to the race, that I was overcome with appreciation for being able to experience [...]
Tagged Christian LifeBrueggemann articulates rightly of American Christianity that “serious religious use of the lament psalms has been minimal because we have believed that faith does not mean to acknowledge or embrace negativity [1].” This, as Lutherans, we know all too well; that a de-emphasis on reality and over-emphasis on happiness, praise, and blessings sometimes skews [...]
Tagged depression, Psalms of Lament, scriptureGary Chapman has gotten a lot of notoriety these last few years with his marital self help book, “The Five Love Languages.” According to him, the 5 categories of love languages are: Quality Time, Words of Affirmation, Gifts, Acts of Service and Physical Touch. He believes that we are programmed on some level [...]
Tagged Communication, Dating, love, MarriageOver 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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