It's no coincidence that right after talking about divorce Jesus then turns to embrace children in the Gospel of Mark.  I say it's no coincidence that Mark placed this section about children right after Jesus answers the Pharisees question about divorce because just like today the ones who suffer the most during a divorce are … Continue reading The Helpless Child →

Author's Note: The title is meant as a humorous play on the LCMS which is predominantly white.  Please do not read anymore into it.   A little over a month ago a friend that I went to seminary with mentioned to me that some of the current students at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis were considering … Continue reading Educated White People Problems →

Every so often I come across a website or a Facebook page of some type of new church start, a church plant of sorts from any given part of country.  Immediately when reading and checking out these churches websites the one thing that comes to mind is how much money must be going into the … Continue reading People Will Never Go Out Of Business →

One of the things that I'll never forget from my years at the seminary was something that took place at orientation my first year.  It was when the president of the seminary Dr. Dale Meyer got up to speak to my class of new seminarians.  In his orientation speech he spoke of how he was … Continue reading Going Down Not Up →

Jesus was very good at subverting the traditions and values of the culture of his day.  In other words Jesus was good at taking the language, the standards, the symbols of meaning and using them in a different way, in a way that revealed the truth of God.  What we witness in John 6 is … Continue reading Subversive Bread – John 6 →

Last night my wife and I attended a city council meeting in regards to the homeless in our town.  Since I sit on the Feed My Sheep Board (homeless ministry of Glenwood Springs)we decided to go to lend our support and solidarity to those who are considered lesser amongst us such as the homeless.  It … Continue reading Culture of Fear? →

A few weeks ago I had an interesting experience with a local car dealership.   I had gotten a letter in the mail from Subaru Motors that with my lease was about to end I ought to go in to my local dealer to talk about my options in relation to my current vehicle.  And … Continue reading Our Lacking Collective Consciousness →

Whenever summer rolls around here in the Colorado mountains I make it a point to get out and hike.  Whenever winter comes I make it a point to get out and ski.  Living in such a beautiful place I feel obligated to be out and about.  I can't fathom not being outside in the summer … Continue reading I Guess I’m a Coloradan Now →

This past week I attended the 49th Rocky Mountain District Convention of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.  Whenever LCMS Lutherans gather I always find it to be interesting from a sociological perspective.  Group dynamics are always at work no matter the institution; no matter church or hardcore scene or government.  But I find a consistency whenever … Continue reading Embarrassed →

I wrote this about a year ago for the church website and thought I'd share it again. Enjoy! One of the disadvantages of living in a culture that is so radically individualistic is that we tend to see sin in the same way.  Sin is relegated to the individual and the individual alone.  Just like … Continue reading Sin’s Far Reaching Aspects →