I’m not sure whether to be amused or disgusted by the Catholic church’s recent offer of plenary indulgences to its parishioners. The indulgence practice was, obviously, one of the major reasons Luther split from the Catholic church. As I am Lutheran (more or less, depending on who you talk to since I didn’t go through [...]
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indulge me
Posted in church, theology on February 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
remember your baptism
Posted in theology on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I find blogger John Halton’s description of the contrast between Lutheran and evangelical spirituality to be quite illuminating in my own journey of faith.
…baptism and the Lord’s supper occupy a much more central role in Lutheran spirituality than for most other evangelicals. For most evangelicals – certainly this was my own experience – the sacraments [...]
grace
Posted in church, theology on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The last verse of the hymn we sing every Sunday after holy communion struck me today as a beautiful description of community in Christ:
Send us now with faith and courage to the hungry, lost, bereaved,
In our living and our dying, we become what we receive:
Christ’s own body, blessed and broken, cup o’erflowing, life outpoured
Given [...]
we don’t need no stinkin’ change!
Posted in church, culture, language, theology on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another interesting quote as I sit here at Steve’s reading and writing about North American German Lutherans. This one is from an article entitled Singing from the Right Songbook: Ethnic Identity and Language Transformation in German American Hymnals by Otto Holzapfel:
Songbooks and church prayer books are among the cultural goods that persist most conservatively in [...]
culturally evangelical
Posted in church, culture, theology on March 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A caveat: This blog serves the purpose of providing a space to practice articulating my thoughts clearly in writing as I embark on the experience of writing a masters thesis. Several of my readers identify themselves as evangelicals, and so I wish to state that I mean no offense to them directly—this is merely my [...]
what is worship?
Posted in church, theology on January 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m leading a couple of church forums (ULC’s version of adult Sunday School) on the topic of worship in a few weeks. Being the opinionated gal that I am and having spent a significant amount of time during my undergraduate years around two particular professors, both with very developed philosophies of worship, I have definite [...]
well, I guess I’m lutheran…
Posted in theology on December 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Which theologian are you?created with QuizFarm.com
You scored as Martin Luther
The daddy of the Reformation. You are opposed to any Catholic ideas of works-salvation and see the scriptures as being primarily authoritative.
Martin Luther
73%
Anselm
73%
John Calvin
67%
Karl Barth
67%
Jonathan Edwards
53%
Friedrich Schleiermacher
53%
Jürgen Moltmann
47%
Paul Tillich
33%
Augustine
33%
Charles Finney
20%
doing church in a new way
Posted in church, theology on December 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Being around infrequently-seen family members during the holidays always makes me realize anew how much I’ve changed in the last few years, particularly in regard to faith. Explaining the foreign concepts of Lutheran liturgy and observance of the church year to my conservative evangelical relatives is quite a challenge because most of them haven’t had [...]
grace upon grace
Posted in church, theology on December 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… In him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it… And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace [...]
verily, verily, I say unto you
Posted in church, life, theology on December 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The following is proof positive that I am becoming more Lutheran as the months roll by. Over tea, muffins, and the book of Matthew this evening, E and I were joking about Bible drinking games. Otherwise known as E and A are going to hell. But really. If you took a swig every time [...]
