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This week PJ is off at the LCMS National Convention. Which begs the question, what on earth is a convention? Convention is a triennial business meeting of delegates from the different circuits of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. These delegates attend to examine, discuss, and vote on both the elected officials of the Synod as…
Not too long ago I ran across an internet video that talked about a church in Finland that hosted a “Metal Mass,” wherein worship was conducted alongside heavy metal instrumentation and style, like electric guitars, headbanging drummers, rapid melodies, and soaring solos. This maybe fits for Finland, which supposedly has the highest per capital metal…
We thought we were going to have a week to 48 hours of notice. Jan and I were actually talking about it on Tuesday morning. Then the phone call came that afternoon/evening. They were going to be here in the morning. Yikes! 110 gorgeous garnet and gold chairs needed to be off loaded from a…
There are times that I unceremoniously snicker at the titles of Lutheran hymns. One of my favorites is “My Lord, What a morning” which I always thought would pair well with other classic “bad day” songs like “Sunday Morning Coming Down” by Kris Kristofferson, “Manic Monday” by the Bangles, or “My Head Hurts, My Feet…
This next week, we at University Lutheran will be working side by side with several other Christians as we put on the FSU Luau together. This often becomes an opportunity to ask questions about other Christians and to answer questions that they have about what Lutherans believe. One of those questions that comes up is…
I celebrated 10 years of ordained ministry and concurrently 10 years of ministry at University Lutheran this summer (thank you to all of you who had a part in celebrating this with me). That meant that for my usual time of reflection, I took a look not only at the past year, but also at…
It’s that time of year again! In a little less than a month, University Lutheran will be hosting its annual German Christmas Service on NOVEMBER 30th, WEDNESDAY night at 7pm. We would love for you to be a part of it this year. The German Christmas Service is an opportunity to celebrate “auf Deutsch” with…
Living the Lectionary is a weekly devotional tool intended to give you ideas for living out the Word of God that we encounter on Sundays in worship. ABOUT THE WEEK STARTING June 19th: THE 5th Week after Pentecost Overall Theme: Slave or free. Law: As our creator, God effectively “owns” us. He should be able to tell…
This year University Lutheran is going to attempt, by God’s grace, to be “Wise Unto Salvation”. Our annual focus this year leads us to think on Paul’s words to a young Timothy, “From childhood you have been acquainted with the Sacred Writings which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith in Jesus…
Living the Lectionary is a weekly devotional tool intended to give you ideas for living out the Word of God that we encounter on Sundays in worship. About this coming Sunday: 7th Sunday After Pentecost – Reminded – It has been over 6 months since we celebrated Christmas, and we are reminded of God’s great Gift of…