What They Forgot to Teach Me in Seminary, Part #9,284

They forgot to teach me how to do a captial campaign to reduce debt. We need to raise about…er… well… a lot. Several hundred thousands. We’ve already outgrown the last building addition and can’t add on until we pay for this one.
It would have been nice to spend less time doing the touchy-feely con ed [...]

Clueless

LutheranChik has pointed out a meme of sorts that sounds pretty good to me. Just list those elements of pop-culture that you seem clueless about. Here are mine:
1. American Idol. I would rather stab myself in the ear with ice pick. And no, I didn’t watch the Elvis one. The King would have been spinning [...]

Good News

Strong heartbeat! A little motion! So far so good for Baby LP!

It Just Goes to Show

A lot of people move to the suburbs in order to raise their children in a safe environment. GOd knows I wouldn’t want to be raising my son in some of the places I have lived in my life (including that one place where I frequently heard gun shots). And yet, by doing a simple [...]

In Case You Wanted Know…

…no, I never proof read anything prior to posting. That would make this seem too much like work.

Keeping the Secret

So I have been keeping a secret for a month now. I have not wanted to say anything. Call it nerves or superstition or some sense of uneasiness, but I have remained tight lipped.
So, here it goes….
We are pregnant again!
E is a little over 9 weeks. We went in two weeks ago and could [...]

You Can’t Do Everything

A follow-up to the post below:
There is so much I want to do. I want to go on the Society of the Holy Trinity retreat this year to see if it is indeed for me. I want to spend some time out at the monastery. I want to really overhaul a few things at the [...]

Commitment-Phobe

After months of hemming and hawing, I signed and mailed my acceptance letter to the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia today. I’ve been holding on to this thing for seems like an eternity, but it seems like the best fit for me right now. I am starting work on the Master of Sacred Theology, [...]

On a Lighter Note

David Bowie is awesome! I am spending today cleaning and listening only to CD’s I haven’t played for a year or more, and Bowie is on right now. What cool freakin’ music! I mean, who else could come up with the line, “I stumble into town just like a sacred cow, Visions of swastikas in [...]

Thoughts on Orders of Ministry

On the Orders of the Church
There have been several conversations occurring on different blogs that are asking related questions about the roles that we as Christians are called to carry out by virtue of our baptisms. Some of the conversations have been more contentious than others, as we cannot help but take our respective vocations [...]