Expository Lutheran: Birthday

Friday, January 22, 2010

Birthday

Thought I'd drop in tell everyone it is my birthday. Going to go now. It is also my baptismal birthday, my dad didn't waste anytime, somehow he found water in the hospital. And no it wasn't because there was an emergency. It was his way of fighting the theological crisis in our land that sees baptism as unnecessary, and perhaps even useless.

6 comments:

Brigitte said...: Happy birthday and baptism birthday, then! Our dear Lord bless you and keep you.; January 22, 2010 at 4:16 PM
Nicci said...: Happy Birthday Pastor!!! I am sorry I am such a horrible friend/congregation member and didn't even know that. I hope you have a wonderful day. Peace be with you!!!; January 22, 2010 at 5:23 PM
Steve Martin said...: Happy Birthday and more imporatantly, Happy Baptism Birthday!

Next time I see you, remind me to buy you a scotch!; January 22, 2010 at 5:52 PM
Jonathan said...: Birthday Blessings!; January 22, 2010 at 6:47 PM
Anonymous said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; January 23, 2010 at 6:33 AM
Frank Sonnek said...: happy birthday dear pastor.; January 24, 2010 at 1:21 PM

My Morning Devotions, or Justification for a Pastor's Blog

I decided I need, maybe to post more often. My last year in seminary, I took a life saver of a class from Prof. Pless called the “Pastor’s Devotional Life.” In this class he suggested that a pastor’s devotions ought to be creative, in that something should be created out of them.I spend every morning in prayer and devotion, study. And I normally don’t look at the day to day of the office, Sermons, Bible Studies, visits, etc. until at the earliest mid morning. I find after spending time feeding myself from the green pasture of God’s word, I have a lot more with which to feed the sheep entrusted to me. These posts on this blog will be the fruits of my morning study, my breakfast from which I get my nourishment. I don’t want this to get complicated, it's breakfast not dinner. But I am willing to share my breakfast with you. Just thoughts that I have here and there as I read through the Greek New Testament, or the Book of Concord in German, or whatever else I happen to read in my morning devotions. Expect the musings to be eclectic.