Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
April 22, 2008

Theologian vs. Dogmatist

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

One of my pet peeves is when folks trot out the old chestnut of, “Well, I’m not a theologian, I’m just a simple layman…” Sometimes, they even mean it in a truly self-effacing way. Usually, however, I’ve found that it’s meant in a way that’s calculated to cut off any negative reaction, or correction, [...]


January 17, 2008

Father Hollywood emerges

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

All too rare is the blog posting that generates a comment thread that outshines the original post. Father Hollywood has done just that with his post Emerging Luther? !
Not only is the main post a great analysis of the increasingly interesting “Emergent Church” phenomena, particularly as it is impacting the LCMS, but the comments that [...]


January 1, 2008

A New Year’s wish

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Would that God bless us all with faithful undershepherds, like Chaplain to the World, who get this.
We need Pastors, not glib, glad-handing, “friends”, and I think Rev. Kavouras deserves (let those who know him understand) a big hug for saying so! ;^)
-ghp


December 20, 2007

Middle management

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : general

I admit it.
I willingly became a middle manager.
Heck, I even earned a Masters Degree (in Information Technology & Management, UNC-Greensboro, 2001) so that I could make it happen.
I made the Dilbertian bargain of foregoing specific technical expertise in order to become a generalist.
I had no idea, however, that it would largely be an exercise in [...]