Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
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, [...]


November 23, 2007

Tryptophan fueled musings

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : general

Coming down from yesterday’s tryptophan high, I realized that I forgot to make the posting yesterday, that I was planning on making an annual tradition: “As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly…” It is our duty to ensure that the classics live on!
The Territorial Brood has been in the ancestral [...]


November 22, 2006

A blessed turkey-bird day to all

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : general

Just a quick note to wish all y’all a blessed Thanksgiving from everyone here at Territorial Bloggings.
Eat bird. Watch football. Thank God. (not necessarily in that order, mind you…)
And, to get you in the mood, I’ll leave you with a video clip of what is the best Thanksgiving related (and quite possibly the best holiday [...]


September 19, 2006

A rest well deserved — A loss deeply felt

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

From the CTSFW News page:
Dear Friends:
I wish to inform you that on the morning of September 19 our distinguished colleague, beloved professor, and brother in Christ, Dr. Kurt Marquart, died. After suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease, he died peacefully at home. Earlier in the evening he had baptized his new great-grandson, Evan.
As baptism [...]