Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
May 21, 2007

Mass musings

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

So, I had occasion to attend a Roman Mass this past weekend, having traveled to a downriver Detroit suburb for a wedding on my wife’s side of the family. I took it as a chance to engage in a little theological anthropology, if you will. Fortunately, my wonderful wife is nicely reformed (pun partially intended) [...]


May 21, 2007

Delegate Dialog - T-minus 8 weeks

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

In the past 2 weeks, there’s been a gradual increase in the amount of data (to differentiate it from information) related to the convention. Politics is on the rise…
Included among the deluge:

• The blasphemously named JesusFirst PAC (TBNJFPAC) sent out their initial branded mailing, introducing themselves & their political agenda for the LCMS (including their [...]


May 17, 2007

I get monasticism

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

I love visiting Fort Wayne, largely because it gives me (at the very least) the opportunity to drive through the campus of CTSFW. There is something about being on the campus of that seminary that I find almost indescribably sublime. It’s calming, comforting, & inspiring. (And if I make it into the bookstore, frustrating and/or [...]


May 17, 2007

AI:6 - I was right

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : popmedia

Not to say I told you so, but… I told y’all so!
Mindy-doo got sent home, and we got the Blake/Jordin finale that AI so desperately needed.
We’ve also started to see the oh-so-predictable hue & cry that folks are shocked (Shocked!) & outraged that Melinda is out. Please…
Melinda can sing. Melinda is classy. She [...]