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My blog is currently under construction. We’re moving shop from Typepad to WordPress, and as the learning curve is steep and the available time is limited, this might take a few days. Thanks for dropping by. This place may look a lot snazzier in about a week. Let’s hope. 😉

I’m a preacher, among other things.  And so I post my sermons here, at The Lutheran Zephyr: Sermons. How long have you been preaching?I’ve preached sporadically since the late 1990s, when I entered seminary.  Since December 2008 I’ve been preaching every other week as an Associate Pastor.  I’ve lost many of my earliest sermons –Continue reading “About these Sermons”

I'm not entirely satisfied with my experience of the church calendar in late October, November, and December.  Let me try to explain. via http://www.lutheranzephyr.com A blogpost from two years ago, expressing my frustration with how Reformation Sunday, All Saints Sunday, Stewardship Sunday(s) and Thanksgiving all work in concert to mess with the flow of theContinue reading “From Reformation to Advent: Liturgical Whiplash”

My name is Chris Duckworth. I am a husband, father, Lutheran pastor, baseball fan, novice runner, and political junkie.  It’s that third thing – Lutheran pastor – that dominates the discussion on this blog, though it’s hard to tease apart the influences of those other four things. I was ordained in December 2008 in Arlington,Continue reading “Who is Chris?”