Category Archives: For Pastors Only

You can’t miss that St. Paul likens ministering to soldiering.  In reference to paying pastors, he says in 1 Corinthians 9:7, “Who serves as a soldier at his own expense?”  In Philippians 2:25 he calls Epaphroditus “my brother, fellow worker … Continue reading →

While St. Kurt (Marquart) lay dying from ALS, a Reverend David Petersen collected stories of the good saint to present to him before he entered Paradise rather than to each other after he had.  That was a good idea.  One … Continue reading →

Thirty years ago a Texas District official said in the District newsletter that some Ivory Tower theologians believe all that you have to do is preach the Gospel purely and administer the sacraments rightly and the church will grow. He … Continue reading →

“The beautiful Easter Story itself with its message of victory over death is the best Easter sermon.  It needs no clever introduction to stimulate the once a year churchgoers.  Why should we pattern a sermon with those in mind who … Continue reading →

So says the parent to the child, spouse to spouse, and pastor to people.  It can be said in anger but more often than not it’s in heartbreak.

President Harrison’s latest Lutheran Witness article is entitled “Concerning Visitation.” He makes some powerful assertions in this article.  Now, he does throw us all under the bus with his closing statement: “Absent visitation, we paralyze the ‘legs of the Gospel’ … Continue reading →