Major props to former blogger and current professional M.Z. Hemingway for bringing Issues, Etc., to the national attention of the Wall Street Journal. The article is available to be read for free.
While “Issues, Etc.” never criticized Mr. Kieschnick or his colleagues, its attacks against shallow church marketing included mention of some approaches embraced by the [...]
The Wittenburg Trail web site pointed to a statement written by David Strand, available on lcms.org.
Strand delivers some hard numbers on Issues., Etc., which I appreciate. Unfortunately the listening numbers for the radio show come from Spring 2004 and 2005. The petition at the moment has 4x the number of average listeners from [...]
I visited Lutheran Church of Prayer in Bakersfield. Choir practice was being held, so I took the opportunity to check out the church and choir. The web site doesn’t do the building justice, so I’ll be taking the camera on Sunday.
The choir is not singing Sunday, but it is singing April 6. If work holds [...]
The Christian Post reports that Ohio Governor Ted Strickland has signed a bill requiring ultrasounds and counseling for abortion seekers.
According to a 2004 study done by A Women’s Concern (AWC), an organization dedicated to “compassionate peer-counseling to women and couples who are making decisions about unintended pregnancies,” less than a fourth of women chose to [...]
The AP reported Sunday that the Pope baptized Magdi Allam, a former Muslim who wrote against Islamic extremism. This morning the AP reported that a Jordanian Islamic Center condemned the act.
In an act of diplomacy, the Vatican’s newspaper announced: “There are no hostile intentions toward a great religion like that of Islam.” There may be [...]
Making the Drudge Report, the Columbus Dispatch reports that the number of Ohioans receiving food stamps is up to one in 10, double the recipients in 2001 and the highest number in the state’s history.
“The economy and loss of manufacturing jobs are at the root of what’s going on. But lately (it’s) the rising cost [...]
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
The strife is o’er, the battle done;
Now is the victor’s triumph won;
Now be the song of praise begun. Alleluia!
– From LSB 464
Blessed Easter to you and to all new readers who have come here in the last week.
He is Risen!
Due to the mix-up my mother-in-law suffered last November, we got free tickets to Smuckers Stars On Ice. We left the kids with a sitter, which was good, because we didn’t get home until 10:30.
I enjoyed watching most of the acts, and I was very impressed with the abilities of the skaters. Sasha Cohen [...]
