We didn’t know exactly what it was. A relatively small, gray animal. We found it under the trees where George and I played with our matchbox...

I want to begin with the house as I came to know it. And the way I came to know it was not merely through my own experiences there, but thro...

William Weedon, Assistant Pastor St. Paul Lutheran Church, Hamel IL Catechist on LPR Podcast:  The W...

June 13 at Concordia University, Chicago:  Divine Service

Wow. This one is so hard to write. A pastor is never supposed to have favorites in a congregation. Never. But, then there was Melvin. How co...

Oh, where to even begin? I’ve sung in her ear for years, because the basses sit right behind the altos. Even after the cancer diagnosis, as ...

I have so many of these to catch up on. I haven’t written much on the blog in ages. Leroy and Bev have just been part of life at St. Paul’s ...

I sure never thought my next post on this blog would be this one. Rest eternal grant her, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon her! Wh...

…with journalist Terry Mattingly. Here’s the article he wrote:  The Need for Advent Music Playlists

…it only took, what?, six years for me to finally figure out that having ethernet in my study would be a good thing. Got it done today, than...

Dear Northern Brother, this is the menu this year: Pre-feast Deviled eggs (half plain, half topped with smoked salmon) Various cheeses and c...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. People loved by God, did you notice the tension between the Gospel r...