Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
March 14, 2008

Relevance vs. Reverence

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Recently, I’ve read two very good postings by Pr. Beisel (post 1 & post 2) over at One Lutheran…Ablogâ„¢. Both of these postings engage a larger battle currently raging in the LCMS under the general umbrella of the official synodical Ablaze! program/initiative, particularly as it pertains to missions. I recommend that you read both posts [...]


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


November 25, 2007

3 weddings in 6 months

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : zeitgeist

The focal point of this past weekend was not, like most of country, Thanksgiving - that was just the appetizer, as it were. Rather, the main focus for the Territorial Brood was the third wedding we’ve attended in the past 6 months.
All three have been “family”-related: the first, my wife’s blood relations, the second, [...]


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) [...]