Originally a 16th century Lutheran tradition, the modern wreath as we know it was formed in the 18th century, and today adorns the doors of many homes throughout the Yuletide period. “The wreath crown is traditionally made of fir tree branches knotted with a red ribbon and decorated with pi...
The Sanctus and the Lamb of God were both hymnic versions rather than the strict text of the liturgy – but that is a practice I was very used to from my Lutheran childhood, and goes back at least 500 years I think. Most of the songs and settings in the hymn book were of venerable...
We have been sighing in the Lutheran Church for many years, my whole ministry, how the world is falling away, growing more evil. And the pews are becoming more empty. And we wring our hands. Jesus is not wringing His hands. He doesn’t speak this way; He speaks with certainty. When...
Of course you had the confessing church with Bonhoeffer, rejecting the corruptions of the Lutheran church. The Jesus movement of the late 60s and 70s was led by anti- establishment “Jesus freaks.” I long to see this generation, the ones that are younger than mehave their own Gideon moment...
Martin Niemoeller, a German Lutheran pastor who was arrested by the Gestapo in 1938. He was sent to the concentration camp at Dachau, where he remained until he was freed by the Allied forces in 1945. "When they took the 4th amendment away, I was quiet because I didn't deal drugs. ...
But the spirit Wahabism, like the spirit of Lutheranism, rapidly spread beyond the domain of its founder. Many Muslims could see that their society was sick and that the only cure was an antiseptic purge of everything that was rotten and toxic in its system. ...
Twelve weeks of classes took about six months to get through. I loved the deep respect and logic the Lutherans gave to the Bible and appreciated their well-thought-out doctrine. Then one day, I discovered that I believed it. So I asked to be baptized. ...
” I fully understood what Paul went through in Corinth: The church was not even formally founded, and factions were developing on what type of worship we should have, what type of theology should be espoused, and who should serve as the church leadership. I had retired UCC, Lutheran, and...
Who I am and the origins of this site How this website came to be My name is Glenn Dallaire and I live in Bristol, CT, USA. I am happily married to my beloved wife and friend, Brenda, and together we have seven wonderful children. I was born on September 14--the Feast of the ...
as a final-year seminarian feeling restless and ill-at-ease in my Lutheran tradition, my future was decided when, in the undercroft of a small Episcopal church, I heard the rector explain that the psalm-centered rhythms of Morning and Evening Prayer from the Book of Common Prayer were the ...