PALIN ON CENSORSHIP, written 23 hours ago, Yesterday I was going through the WSJ article, "Palin Showed Flexibility to Push Conservative Agenda," while waiting for McCain to tell us about his time in the Vietnamese box where he was forbidden to communicate with anyone for five years. Forbi...

St. Michael's is almost here!, written 1 week ago, St. Michael's Conference at Redeemer, Ft. Wayne, Monday September 29, 2008 A+D

Sermon - Pentecost 16 - Matthew 16:21-28, written 4 days ago, Pentecost 16 – August 31st, 2008Matthew 16:21-28"The Christ Must Suffer..."We've been reading our Gospel Lessons from Matthew for a while now. And now we've reached a turning point in this book. For the first 16 chapters or so...

I'm on Twitter, written 2 hours ago, I'm not sure I entirely "get" Twitter - the microblogging service that allows users to tell the world what they're doing, and see what others are doing - but I'm twittering now.  You can follow me at http://twitter.com/chrisduckworth.  If you're on Tw...

Special Logos Updates, written 1 week ago, Looks like I'm fixated on Logos. That may be, since several good things have been happening. I just discovered another: the Logos Blog shows a new, more complete way of Updating Your Resources.The standard updater deals only with major updates in programs a...

Take Action: BEAT Hunger 2008, written 11 hours ago, Take Action: BEAT Hunger 2008

The future of conservatism, written 4 hours ago, "The best line I heard about Sarah Palin during the frenzied orgy of chauvinist condescension and gutter-crawling journalistic intrusion that greeted her nomination for vice-president a week ago came from a correspondent who knows a thing or two ...

Mercy Journeys with Pastor Harrison - Pr. Harrison's Blog about Mercy in the LCMS, written 5 days ago, If you are interested in the general work of mercy in the LCMS, you might want to take a look and Pastor Harrison's blog, Mercy Journeys with Pastor Harrison. (Friends of Mercy is a Recognized Serv...

Thoughts and reflections on faith and theology, worship and liturgy, the ministry, and culture from a Lutheran pastor of a rural congregation.

LCMS WR-HC responds to Gustav, written 3 days ago, Rev. Matt Harrison, the director of LCMS World Relief and Human Care is apparently on the scene doing assessments. He has been posting some photos and videos on his blog too. The news has been reporting that the Gulf Coast has seen no where near the...

Learning NT Greek, written 1 week ago, I've had James Efird's A Grammar for New Testament Greek sitting on my shelf for some time now, and I've decided to finally hunker down and learn the language.  I wonder, is there a recognized standard for Greek Bibles or is one Greek New Testament pretty much...

This is a collection of some of my poems and reflections. I hope that these will serve to bless and encourage others in their journey.

A Final Word on the Todd Bentley Fiasco, written 3 days ago, Great article by Marsha West, "We Have Had Enough of False Prophets."

A record of my journeys and conversations as I explore my life of faith, and the life of the Church, outside of conventional congregations and among the house churches.

Gathered in Jesus Name Matthew 18:15-20, written 1 day ago,

Go Piper!, written 1 day ago, HA! [HT: Ace of Spades HQ]