thinking-out-loud

Pentecost Eve Exodus 19:1–9 Romans 8:12–17 (22–27) John 14:8–21 Hymn of Invocation Hear us, Father, when we pray (LSB 773) Sequence Come, Ho...

Whether one calls it "matchmaking" or not — and irrespective of that much-abused term and whatever connotations it may carry, whet...

My top two favorite new releases of 2009, hands-down, were my daughter Katharina (20 February) and my granddaughter Sarena (1 March). But no...

Third Sunday of Easter Acts 9:1–22 Revelation 5:(1–7) 8–14 John 21:1–14 (15–19) Hymn of Invocation / Catechetical Hymn of the Week Send, O L...

In this life, in the world, there is suffering and finally death; and so there is the pain and sorrow leading up to death, surrounding it an...

Your sin is killing you, because it moves you away from God, who is your life, and it cuts you off from Him. The further away you fall, the ...

The Resurrection of Our Lord Easter Vigil Genesis 1:1—2:3 (The Creation) Genesis 7:1–5, 11–18; 8:6–18; 9:8–13 (The Flood) Genesis 22:1–18 (T...