Recent reading has provoked in me two questions of faith: Question One – What if Jesus is more than simply a historical figure, a holy man of the past, a messiah dating back two millenia? What if (the real) Jesus truly continues to live and act today? This question arose from reading an article byContinue reading “Two Questions of Faith”
Yearly Archives: 2007
Prayer: A Means or an End?
I’ve figured out one of the problems I have with hospital chaplaincy. Here in the hospital the chaplain is part of the care-giving team. Spiritual care is subsumed under the rubric of health. The (noble and needed) goal is improving the health of our patients. Spiritual care is one of many means to achieve thatContinue reading “Prayer: A Means or an End?”
Daily Prayer Epiphany 1
This is the first week that I will post the daily readings according to the Revised Common Lectionary (as found in Evangelical Lutheran Worship) and the Prayer of the Day and commemorations from Evangelical Lutheran Worship. Usually each day’s readings are based on the Sunday texts, begining on Thursday and thematically leading into Sunday, andContinue reading “Daily Prayer Epiphany 1”
Von Himmel Hoch
Von Himmel Hoch – my favorite Christmas hymn (and the only hymn I refer to by tune name, for some reason). I was in the church choir growing up – I was the bass section for three years – and we sang this hymn on Christmas Eve, variously alternating verses between soloist, choir a capella,Continue reading “Von Himmel Hoch”
The Lutheran Zephyr 