Society – Page 49 – The Lutheran Zephyr

On Technology, Tools and Tasks

I work in sales. Some of our top performing sales representatives this year didn’t make much use of their computers. Fancy databases? Don’t use them. Email lists and mail merge functions to reach several clients at once? Nope. For these sucessful sales representatives, all that they need is their phone, some persistance and plenty ofContinue reading “On Technology, Tools and Tasks”

Red Media offering up some Red Meat

This morning on Fox and Friends (I’m in a hotel where I get the plesaure of watching cable tv) Howard Dean was called "evil" and it was said that he and war opponents want America to lose the war on terror, that they celebrate each time an American soldier is killed in Iraq. The FoxContinue reading “Red Media offering up some Red Meat”

Preaching Politics in the Pulpit

Representative Walter Jones (Republican of North Carolina) has introduced a bill that would permit churches to endorse or oppose political candidates. (Currently they can advocate for/against various issues but not political candidates). Whose interests would be served by such a law? If we don’t have it already, this law could usher in an era ofContinue reading “Preaching Politics in the Pulpit”

Preaching as Movie Advertisement

Have you heard? There’s a contest offering a free trip to London and cash for a sermon that includes references to The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. The winner will be drawn at random. Just click on the link above for more information on how you can become a marketingContinue reading “Preaching as Movie Advertisement”

Honoring our superiors – The Fourth Commandment

Honor your father and your mother. What is this? Answer: We are to fear and love God, so that we neither despise nor anger our parents and others in authority, but instead honor, serve, obey, love, and respect them. – from Luther’s Small Catechism, trans. Timothy Wengert, (c) 1994 Augsburg Fortress Perhaps in America, withContinue reading “Honoring our superiors – The Fourth Commandment”