“I am resolved” resources
I wrote an article about my 30-year journey to get Christmas gift-giving “right” for the December issue of Lutheran Woman Today magazine (visit www.tinyurl.com/SusieSays). This article won’t be featured on the LWT Web site until December, but you can get...
I am resolved…are you?
“So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom” (Psalm 90:12). “Wake up!” says the Psalmist, “For you own good get smart and change now…life is short!” Only 27 shopping days until Christmas! What...
Are You a Sheep or a Goat?
From time to time I like to peek ahead at the coming Sunday’s Gospel to gauge how stressful the week’s sermon prep will be for the preacher (I know, I get pleasure out of the most twisted pastimes). This week’s...
Winter 2008-2009 ELCA World Hunger Resource Packet now available
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Soggy Dollars
A couple of posts back, I brought up Lucian of Samasota’s mocking critique of Christians. The great generosity of Christians, Lucian demonstrated, left them vulnerable to swindlers. Apparently, some Christians were aware of this potential problem. The Didache, also known...
God’s work. Our hands.
Congregation Connections Thought Prelude: November 30, 2008 (p. 3) God’s work. Our hands. (1 Corinthians 1:3-9) We plant. We water. God gives the growth. We are “God’s servants working together.” The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has claimed the phrase...
I Wish I Had Such Eloquence
I’ve been meaning to share this with you for a few weeks. My wife, Jessica, opened her MDG fundraiser with the following comments: “We could choose to despair over the problems of the world. We could choose to be silent...
Let justice roll down like water
On Sunday, November 9, lectors across the Church will read from Amos, chapter 5: But let justice roll down like waters. Take a moment to review the related pieces in the Pentecost 2008 edition of Congregation Connections (page 9). Maybe...
Are You Mocking Me?
Over the next few weeks I’ll be posting texts that provide a window into the early Church’s attitude towards hunger and poverty. Today, I offer the perspective of a non-Christian critic. The late 2nd century satirist Lucian of Samasota mercilessly...