Territorial Bloggings

Well, once again Valparaiso University is in the news. And, once again, it’s not for anything that I would say is good.
VU to hire first female pastor
Within the past 6 months, VU has made waves in the Lutheran world, first for the hiring of a new President, and now for this hiring of a female [...]

Now things might start to get really interesting.
Mollie Ziegler Hemingway — LCMS congregation member, former LCMS Board of Communication Services member, and current nationally published writer of news, politics, & religion — has published an article about the whole Issues, Etc. controversy on WSJ.com, the website of the Wall Street Journal.
In the article — Radio [...]

Well, today there’s been a new salvo in the ongoing Issues, Etc. cancellation controversy. Namely a more fully-worded explanation from the Executive Director of the Board for Communication Services, David Strand (aka, the guy who pulled the trigger…)
An Updated Statement on “Issues, Etc.”
A more fully fleshed out response, written by someone with some knowledge of [...]

The abrupt cancellation of the LCMS radio station KFUO’s flagship program, as well as the firing of its host & producer, last Tuesday was bizarre, inexplicable, troubling, and hurtful. But the lack of explanation re: the reasons & rationale, indeed the appearance of corporate stonewalling & information embargo along with an almost Stalin-esqe purge (even [...]