What to say to children facing the death of a loved one? Death is “as natural as birth and life,” writes Diana Dworin,[1] quoting Theresa Huntley,[2] who also suggests parents seize “teachable moments,” like obituary notices or backyard burials of pets, as ways to “help even a young child learn about the process of grieving.” […]
Golden Oldies– 5 Slick Magic
The ELCA’s Book of Faith is a kind of magic that lures readers to look in the wrong place at the right time. Read more here.
14. Forde got out of Biblicism; you can, too.
“If our Melanchthonian based free-choice pietism has lost its substance, and if we are appalled or at least worried by the drift of the church toward cultural Protestantism, where do we turn? Here is where the hermeneutic will tend powerfully to influence the choice. If the kind of interpretation suggested by Lindbeck is right, there […]
The real Roman Catholic roadblock to unity – (hint: not gay sex)
Sharing Communion by 2017 between Lutherans and Roman Catholics!? Munib Younan, LWF President: “Our intention is to arrive at 2017 with a common Roman Catholic-Lutheran declaration on Eucharistic hospitality.”[1] BUT: That’s in “…the far and ultimately unreachable distance,” states Walter Cardinal Kasper. For Rome sharing communion is “unreachable” if a church has women bishops – […]
On the Trinity
The Trinity is not new math; it’s about salvation. Read more here.