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https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2011/11/when-and-where-did-i-see-you-lord.html Pastoral Meanderings: When and where did I see you, Lord? Sermon for the Last Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 29A, preached on Sunday, November 20, 2011. So now we come to the end of the Chu... when and where i see you pastoral meanderings lord https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2021/04/what-we-want-what-we-need.html Pastoral Meanderings: What we want. . . what we need. . . What we want to believe is that marriage is marriage no matter who it is getting married. What we want to believe is that a parent is a par... what we want pastoral meanderings need https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2024/07/on-this-day.html Pastoral Meanderings: On this day. . . On this day some 44 years ago, I was set apart as Pastor and conferred the authority of the office. It took place on what seemed like the h... pastoral meanderings day https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2018/04/an-unattainable-ideal.html Pastoral Meanderings: An unattainable ideal. . . Watching Rome and the great debate over paradigm shifts and Amoris Laetitia , I was struck by a comment: The complaint is that too often ... pastoral meanderings unattainable ideal https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2021/09/really-homey.html Pastoral Meanderings: Really homey . . . This is Newman Hall - Holy Spirit Parish in Berkeley, CA, and it epitomizes the brutality, ugliness, and unfriendliness of modern architec... pastoral meanderings really homey https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-way-they-love.html?showComment=1558613718135 Pastoral Meanderings: The way they love. . . It is often suggested (even by those within the pale of orthodox Christendom like Fr. Jim Martin, SJ) that you cannot say you love or acce... pastoral meanderings the way love https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2012/04/expensive-grace-defiled.html Pastoral Meanderings: Expensive grace defiled... From Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- not that grace can be made cheap but defiled by the cheap way it is acknowledged, accepted, and acted out in l... pastoral meanderings expensive grace defiled https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2019/10/imagine.html Pastoral Meanderings: Imagine. . . What an odd opening ceremony it was for this odd Summer Olympics! Without crowds in the stands to play to, it was contrived for camera only... pastoral meanderings imagine https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2011/07/what-are-we-afraid-of.html Pastoral Meanderings: What are we afraid of? I was listening to something on the radio while riding in the car. I ended up pulling over and jotting down some of the words on a wadded u... pastoral meanderings afraid https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2016/10/could-sleep-require-more-faith-that.html Pastoral Meanderings: Could sleep require more faith that even being awake. . . There are those who say growing old is not for sissies. It isn't, to be sure, and I am beginning to find the truth in those words. There... pastoral meanderings more faith could sleep require https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2024/08/offered-life-but-prefer-bread.html Pastoral Meanderings: Offered life but prefer bread. . . Sermon for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 14B, preached on Sunday, August 11, 2024. John chapter six is truly worthy of at leas... pastoral meanderings offered life prefer bread https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2013/09/whose-sacrifice.html Pastoral Meanderings: Whose sacrifice? In the 2002 Roman missal, the priest says: Pray, brethren, that our sacrifice may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father. To ... pastoral meanderings whose sacrifice https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2016/06/thoughts-on-catechism.html Pastoral Meanderings: Thoughts on the Catechism. . . When children are in their early elementary school years, their minds are actually at the peak time for easy rote memorization. This stat... pastoral meanderings thoughts on catechism https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-read-luther.html?showComment=1298155235000 Pastoral Meanderings: How to Read Luther February 18 is the day we Lutherans pay homage to our leader. Reformation is supposed to be less about Luther and more about the Reformatio... how to read pastoral meanderings luther https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2017/08/is-god-good-or-not.html Pastoral Meanderings: Is God good or not? Thanks to old friend Gene Wilken, you have today not simply a written sermon but a video. If you appreciate it, thank Gene Wilken and take ... is god good pastoral meanderings https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2017/12/do-people-become-more-religious-as-they.html?showComment=1512756038287 Pastoral Meanderings: Do people become more religious as they age? It is often said that people become more religious as they age. I was often told that it did not matter if we lost them in the teens or ear... pastoral meanderings more religious people become age https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2019/01/no-more-envy.html Pastoral Meanderings: No more envy. . . There was a time when I was envious of the Roman Catholic Church -- not the theology but the view of the church overall -- at least from t... pastoral meanderings no more envy https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2025/10/free-to-pursue-if-you-want.html Pastoral Meanderings: Free to pursue if you want. . . In Roman Catholic understanding, celibacy is considered higher than marriage in part because it allows individuals the freedom to dedicate t... pastoral meanderings if you free pursue want https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2019/07/a-curious-aversion.html Pastoral Meanderings: A curious aversion. . . I was speaking with a woman the other day who admitted that she accepts and even loves all kinds of ceremonial, vestments, and ritual but ... pastoral meanderings curious aversion https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2025/01/losing-ground.html Pastoral Meanderings: Losing ground. . . Abortion is for our time the same kind of moral test as civil rights were to many generations before. It is not simply about abortion and w... pastoral meanderings losing ground https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2018/02/ Pastoral Meanderings: February 2018 The Random Thoughts of a Lutheran Parish Pastor pastoral meanderings february https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2011/03/restoring-beauty-to-sanctuary.html Pastoral Meanderings: Restoring Beauty to the Sanctuary I have noticed a real buzz going on among Roman Catholics who are restoring a sense of beauty and reverence to older church buildings who we... pastoral meanderings restoring beauty sanctuary https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2012/12/it-happened.html Pastoral Meanderings: It happened.... Christmas Eve Sermon, preached on December 24, 2012. "It happened..." Or, if you are old like me, "It came to pass..." but that so... pastoral meanderings happened https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2010/09/when-we-would-rather-be-wrong-than.html?showComment=1285369962483 Pastoral Meanderings: When We Would Rather Be Wrong than Right HT to Paul McCain for pointing me to Al Mohler's Blog about what was said in the rite of reception of lesbian pastors in the ELCA who were... pastoral meanderings when we rather be would wrong https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2011/05/ad-orientem.html Pastoral Meanderings: Ad Orientem The expression ad orientem (Latin for "to the east") is the eastward orientation of a priest celebrating Mass. The perspective here is to f... pastoral meanderings ad https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2015/04/what-does-it-mean-to-be-good.html Pastoral Meanderings: What does it mean to be good? Sermon for Easter 4B, Good Shepherd Sunday, preached on April 26, 2015. Good is such a vague term. Somebody shoves some new food i... what does it mean pastoral meanderings good https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2018/05/everyone-is-right.html?showComment=1525368430141 Pastoral Meanderings: Everyone is right. . . In the great divide between Lutherans and Roman Catholics, it is usually a contest between who is right and who is wrong. If history is t... pastoral meanderings everyone right https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2017/08/nobodys-fault.html Pastoral Meanderings: Nobody's fault. . . They were heady days. Lutherans in America were closer together than they had been for a time and, it turns out, than they would probably... pastoral meanderings nobody fault https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2013/02/cars-need-gas.html?showComment=1361827013208 Pastoral Meanderings: Cars need gas. . . I wish it were not so but cars need gas (well, except for a few electric experiments). The gas is essential but where you get it is less ... pastoral meanderings cars need gas https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2019/07/for-opening-of-lcms-convention.html?showComment=1563655322826 Pastoral Meanderings: For the opening of the LCMS Convention The Random Thoughts of a Lutheran Parish Pastor pastoral meanderings for the opening lcms convention https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2025/09/life-is-not-only-work-but-it-is-not.html Pastoral Meanderings: Life is not only work but it is not without it. . . I read not long ago the prediction that by 2030 (less than five years away), 80% of all working will be without jobs because of AI. It is a... pastoral meanderings life is not only work without https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2020/11/blessed-indeed.html Pastoral Meanderings: Blessed, indeed! Sermon for All Saints' Day, preached on Sunday, November 1, 2020. The words of the Beatitudes are familiar to us, perhaps too familiar... pastoral meanderings blessed indeed https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2019/02/throw-out-fish.html Pastoral Meanderings: Throw out the fish. . . Sermon for Epiphany 5C, preached on Sunday, February 10, 2019. Have you ever read something so often and then suddenly read it lik... pastoral meanderings throw fish https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2021/02/from-mentor-to-professor-to.html Pastoral Meanderings: From mentor to professor to. . . The path to becoming a pastor has changed over the years. It moved from a man being mentored both in teaching and in practice to an academi... pastoral meanderings mentor professor https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2014/10/ancient-document-rediscovered.html Pastoral Meanderings: Ancient Document Rediscovered. . . This from The Mail Online : It has laid largely unstudied in a university library for more than 100 years. But now a 1,500-year-old... pastoral meanderings ancient document rediscovered https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-proms-as-social-statement.html?showComment=1571192213836 Pastoral Meanderings: The Proms as social statement. . . Not being able to go there, I usually sit back and review the videos of The Proms. The Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily orches... pastoral meanderings the proms social statement https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2011/04/powerful-video-about-baptism-and.html Pastoral Meanderings: A Powerful Video about Baptism and Confession The Random Thoughts of a Lutheran Parish Pastor pastoral meanderings about baptism powerful video confession https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2014/11/gratitude-is-not-enough.html Pastoral Meanderings: Gratitude is not enough. . . Sermon for Thanksgiving Eve 2014. Thanksgiving seems to be all about gratitude. And it is. But gratitude is not enough. It i... pastoral meanderings is not gratitude enough https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2011/11/when-and-where-did-i-see-you-lord.html Pastoral Meanderings: When and where did I see you, Lord? Sermon for the Last Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 29A, preached on Sunday, November 20, 2011. So now we come to the end of the Chu... when and where i see you pastoral meanderings lord https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2021/04/what-we-want-what-we-need.html Pastoral Meanderings: What we want. . . what we need. . . What we want to believe is that marriage is marriage no matter who it is getting married. What we want to believe is that a parent is a par... what we want pastoral meanderings need https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2024/07/on-this-day.html Pastoral Meanderings: On this day. . . On this day some 44 years ago, I was set apart as Pastor and conferred the authority of the office. It took place on what seemed like the h... pastoral meanderings day https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2018/04/an-unattainable-ideal.html Pastoral Meanderings: An unattainable ideal. . . Watching Rome and the great debate over paradigm shifts and Amoris Laetitia , I was struck by a comment: The complaint is that too often ... pastoral meanderings unattainable ideal https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2021/09/really-homey.html Pastoral Meanderings: Really homey . . . This is Newman Hall - Holy Spirit Parish in Berkeley, CA, and it epitomizes the brutality, ugliness, and unfriendliness of modern architec... pastoral meanderings really homey https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-way-they-love.html?showComment=1558613718135 Pastoral Meanderings: The way they love. . . It is often suggested (even by those within the pale of orthodox Christendom like Fr. Jim Martin, SJ) that you cannot say you love or acce... pastoral meanderings the way love https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2012/04/expensive-grace-defiled.html Pastoral Meanderings: Expensive grace defiled... From Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- not that grace can be made cheap but defiled by the cheap way it is acknowledged, accepted, and acted out in l... pastoral meanderings expensive grace defiled https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2019/10/imagine.html Pastoral Meanderings: Imagine. . . What an odd opening ceremony it was for this odd Summer Olympics! Without crowds in the stands to play to, it was contrived for camera only... pastoral meanderings imagine https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2011/07/what-are-we-afraid-of.html Pastoral Meanderings: What are we afraid of? I was listening to something on the radio while riding in the car. I ended up pulling over and jotting down some of the words on a wadded u... pastoral meanderings afraid https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2016/10/could-sleep-require-more-faith-that.html Pastoral Meanderings: Could sleep require more faith that even being awake. . . There are those who say growing old is not for sissies. It isn't, to be sure, and I am beginning to find the truth in those words. There... pastoral meanderings more faith could sleep require https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2024/08/offered-life-but-prefer-bread.html Pastoral Meanderings: Offered life but prefer bread. . . Sermon for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 14B, preached on Sunday, August 11, 2024. John chapter six is truly worthy of at leas... pastoral meanderings offered life prefer bread https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2013/09/whose-sacrifice.html Pastoral Meanderings: Whose sacrifice? In the 2002 Roman missal, the priest says: Pray, brethren, that our sacrifice may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father. To ... pastoral meanderings whose sacrifice https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2016/06/thoughts-on-catechism.html Pastoral Meanderings: Thoughts on the Catechism. . . When children are in their early elementary school years, their minds are actually at the peak time for easy rote memorization. This stat... pastoral meanderings thoughts on catechism https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-read-luther.html?showComment=1298155235000 Pastoral Meanderings: How to Read Luther February 18 is the day we Lutherans pay homage to our leader. Reformation is supposed to be less about Luther and more about the Reformatio... how to read pastoral meanderings luther https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2017/08/is-god-good-or-not.html Pastoral Meanderings: Is God good or not? Thanks to old friend Gene Wilken, you have today not simply a written sermon but a video. If you appreciate it, thank Gene Wilken and take ... is god good pastoral meanderings https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2017/12/do-people-become-more-religious-as-they.html?showComment=1512756038287 Pastoral Meanderings: Do people become more religious as they age? It is often said that people become more religious as they age. I was often told that it did not matter if we lost them in the teens or ear... pastoral meanderings more religious people become age