Melancholia

October 25, 2005 · Filed Under theology

FatherDMJ had a posting recently, wherein he discussed his melancholy of late.

Now, I’m prone to bouts of melancholy myself, and while I’m not a brother of FatherDMJ’s in the OHM, I am a brother in Christ. It is in that context that I daresay that I feel his pain. I’ve observed many of the same trends (particularly a certain fascination with EO in some Lutheran circles) that he notes, and I find them equally as distressing. He is most certainly in my prayers (as are all the faithful pastors who are suffering under the onslaught of heterodoxy in today’s “Ablaze!” LCMS!), as we need more faithful undershepherds like him around, not fewer. Please include them all in your prayers as well, that God’s good will be done, as that is what will benefit us all the most.

The robust comment threads are also quite interesting, and make a visit to FatherDMJ’s even better than a Martha Stewart-esque “Good Thing.”
-ghpï¿½