Collecting My Thoughts

Baptism and catechism for converts to Christianity in the 4th century. "The candidate for baptism is to present himself before God in t...

Facebook makes a big deal about birthdays.  And often I forget or overlook those notices, even though many people just love receiving congra...

Today I was prepared to celebrate the Baptism of the Lord with other traditional and liturgical churches, but it didn't happen. So I...

  If your church follows the lectionary (C), tomorrow we celebrate the baptism of Jesus. Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 At our church we're in a...

Last week Pastor John Stozenbach talked about his baptism in the sermon (on baptism), and mentioned the date, and then asked us if we knew t...

Why do people bring tiny babies to the coffee shop--especially with it being flu season? Maybe it wasn't the same baby I wrote about at ...

Capernaum and River Jordon The city of Capernaum was built on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, about two miles west of the Jordan R...

You also can't trust those Christmas carols Some years ago I was told--probably during a sermon--that there weren't three wise men-...

Martin Luther on baptism Somewhere I'm sure there is a collection of just this topic. Luther had a lot to say to the "blockhead...

Reformation Sunday We both forgot to wear red; looking around the 8:15 service I see many others did too. In the Cornerstone this week Past...

Ylvis lives! This morning I was reading hymns for my morning devotions, using the 1995 "With One Voice" by Augsburg-Fortress. O...

4336 Monday Memories--head covering or prayer veil Somewhere I have a small envelop containing a prayer covering. Mother always kept a few i...