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Concordia Publishing House has put together an excellent video explaining what Lent is all about. See it after the jump. (more…)
One of my customary Lenten observances is always to read some heavy-duty theology or some deep, deep classics of devotion. Over the years, I’ve read works by Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, and more modern theologians like Oswald Bayer. Last year I read Martin Chemnitz, The Two
Time to rerun a post from last year: Pastor Joseph Abrahamson dismantles the myth that Lent and its practices have pagan origins. An excerpt from his longer post on the subject: The ancient Church chose to keep a fast during the forty days before Passover/Easter
In the spirit of Fat Tuesday, in which we go through our cupboards to use up any treats and frivolities before the solemnities of Lent, I would like to draw your attention to Anthony Sacramone’s list of The 12 Funniest Books Ever Written. You need
The Church of England has decided to take out the part in the Baptism liturgy in which the candidate or sponsors answer the questions, “Do you renounce the Devil? And all his works?” British journalist Giles Fraser complains at the attempt to make Baptism nicer,
The mother accused of child neglect for letting her children walk home from the park by themselves tells her story. (more…)
When I was in college, I worked on a construction crew, and it did me a lot of good. I developed a lot of respect for the guys I worked with, who worked with their backs and their hands with skills that were far beyond
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So is it healthy in a democratic republic to have a Presidents’ Day but not a Congress Day or a Supreme Court Day? Is our preoccupation with chief executives as heads of state–as well as the assumption of many that if we just get a
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