With the commemoration of the Faithful Departed: Maupin’s name

A friend and I were talking about Reformation and I expressed dissatisfaction with ever describing the Reformation in terms of "Luther ...

You can see it in the Wittenberg Altarpiece, but if you missed it, the inscription at the top makes it clear: "No other foundation: Jes...

The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy. Ps. 65:8

As October wends to its close, it sure was beautiful in St. Louis. I was able to get out over the noon hour and do some sprints, pushups, an...

The first stanza of the entrance hymn from the early Divine Service on Reformation: A Mighty Fortress

Happy birthday to my oldest granddaughter, Annabelle, and to my second-oldest granddaughter, Lydia! They're both so stinking cute it...

I got this from Dr. Secker, having read it some years ago and forgetting exactly where. It was a letter that Dr. Piepkorn wrote to a young s...

...one of the complaints I have heard many earnest pastors and devout laity raise about our particular Missouri polity is the manner in whic...

And did they ever this morning!

...you end up very blessed. Thank you, Kantor Gerike! 

Looks a wee bit like her mommy did...

I'm NOT a numbers person. In fact, Deaconess Bowers and I have an agreement: she takes care of numbers; I take care of words. But I got ...

I'm a bit of an obsessive optimizer. I'm always studying to see if there's a way to do something better. I tried for a bit that ...

She's not buried in the cemetery where most of the family is, but oddly enough, in a plot all by herself right behind Richardsville...

Lauren, Dean and children arrived on Thursday, and so had all the kids and grandkids hanging around. It was a joy to spend a few days ...

https://www.kfuo.org/2018/09/20/chapel-092018-william-weedon-john11/

Has it really been that long? This year, it falls on a Tuesday again. The attacks were on a Tuesday. The congregations of Trinity and St. P...

At my son's suggestion, I'm moving to Twitter. I'll link from there to longer stuff on this blog. FB will largely become inactiv...