I spent much of the last year reading through Ferdinand Schlingensiepen’s comprehensive biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, subtitled Martyr, Thinker, Man of Resistance. The biography has been out for about 15 years now … and my copy was a gift from a colleague, Tobias Schlingensiepen, the author’s nephew, less than a …
Early on in the current occupation cos-playing as an actual, functional administration … back during the slash-and-burn heyday of Elon Musk and his “Department of Government Efficiency,” Michael Flynn posted something on the X social media platform about Lutheran Social Services (LSS) being a money laundering operation. Elon Musk, owner …
During the ELCA Churchwide Assembly this week, a colleague from seminary, Scott Johnson, who is now Bishop of the Nebraska Synod, posted …
For those of you still needing to “do more research” or other checking to figure out which candidate to vote for in …
Maybe it’s taken so long for me to get back to this because this particular point is about to be very needed? …
As noted two posts back, the three American heresies that I described reflect yielding to, rather than resisting, the temptations Jesus faced …
As noted in the previous post, the three American heresies that I described reflect yielding to, rather than resisting, the temptations Jesus …
In the tradition of giving something up for Lent, I have determined to give up American heresies. Not all of this is …
Perhaps the very oldest proclamation of Christian belief is to say: This Jesus, the Anointed One – who was crucified, buried, and …
After starting on Ash Wednesday, the season of Lent comes to Sundays with the story of Jesus facing temptations or testing in …