Posts by University Lutheran (Page 16)

Blow the Horn

In the late 1700’s when Napoleon’s forces were invading Austria, the small town of Feldkirch was getting ready to celebrate Easter day when they heard word that the French forces were just outside of the town limits. A town council was soon called to discuss what to do. One member of the council made an…

Signing Up for Prison

Would you like to be locked up for a little bit? I confess that the idea sounds somewhat appealing to me some days. Being locked up with no access to obligations like some meetings, email, and the mundane things of life sounds alright. Of course, I could probably get the same effect with better food…

Sprouting

I’ve always been attracted to doing something new. I just got off a phone call with a guy who was telling me about his new idea to get something up and going in our church body, and I’m super excited for the possibilities that he and I were talking about. I love that moment of…

What are we waiting for?

The advent of writing was an important step in human development as it triggered the ability for us to communicate an an asynchronous fashion. That means that I’m typing this message to you maybe hours, maybe days before you read it, but it’s available for you whenever you do read it. You have to wait…

Are you running stop signs?

This week Tesla is recalling some fifty-four thousand of its cars because its “Full Self Driving” software has been rolling the cars through intersections with stop signs without making a full and complete halt. This is not a goof in the software, it is a “feature” that Tesla has been programming into its software allowing…

Nine Things We See

Imagine an older man writing to a younger one. He’s giving advice, perhaps a little bit of exhortation. The younger man isn’t so young any more, at least not as young as when he first me the old man, his mentor. Back then the younger man listened to the old man because the young man…

Sprouting Favor

Today I get to meet with FSU’s new president, Dr. Richard McCullough. The big question on my mind? Will we find favor with him?  The meeting is a meeting of the Interfaith Council, the gathered and specifically approved religious and faith-based groups at Florida State University. Thankfully we have been granted an audience with President…

Sprouting Stature

Our family television has this feature that when we turn on the tv or back out of a streaming service, we see some pictures from my Google Photos account. Our family loves to see the pictures and comment on the growth and the memories. As a kid, I used to love to look back at…

SUPER Big

Willow, my 3 year old, recently told me that her sister was “big” and so that meant that I was “(add large arm gestures) SUUUPER BIG”. Willow’s perspective shows us something of the problem that we have with growth as Christians. Most of the time we consider that we are growing into the image of…