Almost all of Hollywood’s producers, i.e. those who actually produce films and shows, (writers and actors) went on strike in 2023. One of the major issues being struck at was AI. Either the writers or the actors guild did so because they said it was soulless. Now that I know of LCMS pastors writing sermons with AI is this solid sermonizing or is it soulless? Continue reading
Soulless or Solid Sermons?
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Adult Confirmation Class 14
After looking around the internet and seeing what pastors, particularly my generation, were posting, I decided that my audio only catechism classes were better than some of them, even the video ones, that sounded liked the biology professor in Wonder Years. What started me thinking in this vein was a Confessional Lutheran college student who in a sea of meh Lutheranism remained firm and is now a parish pastor. He grew up in a remote area; he said that he learned Confessional Lutheranism from the internet. That was 7 or 8 years ago. I’ve been thinking about doing this ever since. Continue reading
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AI Can Stand for Alien Intelligence, You Know
This blog is based on a March 2026 Harper’s Magazine article by Sam Kriss entitled “Child’s Play – Tech’s new generation and the end of thinking.” If my thoughts are scattered it may because I don’t know what I’m taking about or his article blew my mind. Continue reading
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Adult Confirmation Class 13
After looking around the internet and seeing what pastors, particularly my generation, were posting, I decided that my audio only catechism classes were better than some of them, even the video ones, that sounded liked the biology professor in Wonder Years. What started me thinking in this vein was a Confessional Lutheran college student who in a sea of meh Lutheranism remained firm and is now a parish pastor. He grew up in a remote area; he said that he learned Confessional Lutheranism from the internet. That was 7 or 8 years ago. I’ve been thinking about doing this ever since. Continue reading
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I’m Just a Housewife
“I’m just a Housewife” is on page 24 of Gloria Steinem’s (She is the pretty feminist; Betty Friedan is the ugly one. Not surprisingly they did not get along.) The Feminine Mystique. The quote is in the first chapter titled “The problem that has no name” which should’ve been entitled “The problem that was not one till feminism made it so after 60 years of trying.” Contrast this view with this plaque found in a Lutheran cemetery dating from 1874 in North Austin. Continue reading
Adult Confirmation Class 12
After looking around the internet and seeing what pastors, particularly my generation, were posting, I decided that my audio only catechism classes were better than some of them, even the video ones, that sounded liked the biology professor in Wonder Years. What started me thinking in this vein was a Confessional Lutheran college student who in a sea of meh Lutheranism remained firm and is now a parish pastor. He grew up in a remote area; he said that he learned Confessional Lutheranism from the internet. That was 7 or 8 years ago. I’ve been thinking about doing this ever since. Continue reading
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What To Make of These Things?
I made the mistake of titling a blog “The Most Controversial Ever” because I couldn’t think of a title before, during, or after writing. One of my sons saw it and wrote, “Which of your posts aren’t controversial?” Well, I think this one will certainly be.
Let’s start here with the Texas Empowerment Academy Kindergarten Promotion Ceremony May 27, 2025. I literally found this blowing in the wind as in the eponymous song. And I don’t have an answer, apart from Law and Gospel and Christ crucified, to genuine racism. But I think so-called systemic racism has become the second-hand smoke which explains why non-smokers die of lung cancer. Systemic racism explains why all persons of non-color can’t but be racists. Continue reading
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Adult Confirmation Class 11
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“That Chaps My Rear”
I’d never heard the above expression till I went to New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico in 1975. It was used by a native New Mexican (if such an appellation is allowed). I can’t remember his name. He was a cowboy, good-natured type that I don’t recall using profanity at all just this mild vulgarity. Continue reading
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Adult Confirmation Class 10
After looking around the internet and seeing what pastors, particularly my generation, were posting, I decided that my audio only catechism classes were better than some of them, even the video ones, that sounded liked the biology professor in Wonder Years. What started me thinking in this vein was a Confessional Lutheran college student who in a sea of meh Lutheranism remained firm and is now a parish pastor. He grew up in a remote area; he said that he learned Confessional Lutheranism from the internet. That was 7 or 8 years ago. I’ve been thinking about doing this ever since. Continue reading
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