Author Archives: Paul Harris

About Paul Harris

Pastor Harris retired from congregational ministry after 40 years in office on 31 December 2023. He is now devoting himself to being a husband, father, and grandfather. He still thinks cenobitic monasticism is overrated and cave dwelling under.

Synods Make for Strange Bedfellows

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Paul Harris

Having been blessedly free of  the Lutheran Church Misery Synod overall and its Texas District for 6 years now, I have no standing with either. Truth be told, even for the 36 years I belonged to the former and the … Continue reading →

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Reconnect the 6th and 7th Petitions

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Paul Harris

The Pope made quite a stir when in 2019 he deemed, dared to, correct the Lord who said, “When you pray say…Lead us not into temptation” into “Do not let us fall into temptation”. I have preached a lot on the Lord’s … Continue reading →

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This Seems Just Plain Wrong

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Paul Harris

Go here to view the age of consent for sexual relations in 1880 America, and prepare to be shocked: https://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/24.html . I first found this out from Marvin Olasky’s 2023 book The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level History, 1652–2022. … Continue reading →

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Go Ask Alice

Posted on June 30, 2025 by Paul Harris

Everything/Nothing/Someone is the 2023 memoir of 39 year old Alice Carriere whose only claim to fame is that she was the only child of a famous artist and actor. One review said, “At 35 she has quite a lot to … Continue reading →

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Just Too Good To Pass Up – “The Push for an American Baby Boom”

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Paul Harris

My blogs are usually 30 to 40 weeks in the “hopper” before being published. It doesn’t ensure quality as much as assure against “poison pen” posts. (And poison pen letter is another expression that will have to be defined for … Continue reading →

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Lady Godiva

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Paul Harris

This 1861 statue is in England is the oldest known statue of the most famous nude.

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How Cheap Can We Get Him?

Posted on June 16, 2025 by Paul Harris

A mentor of mine who for decades was a circuit counselor in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod told me that when he was working with a church that had a pastoral vacancy, when the topic turned to salary some old … Continue reading →

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What to say after Here I stand: Perhaps I’m Wrong

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Paul Harris

There is such a thing as the tyranny of conscience. This early quote from Luther applies: Luther’s own appraisal of his “Here I Stand” 95 Theses in a 1518 letter to his superior, the Bishop of Brandenburg, said in part: “For I … Continue reading →

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A Myth of the Digital Age

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Paul Harris

I’ve come to terms with “sometimes perception is reality”. Finally, I’m able to expose it for the fallacious thinking, even more to the point, the solipsistic thinking that it is.

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The Buggy Whip Salesman & Me

Posted on May 26, 2025 by Paul Harris
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