As part of one of my seminary classes, we went on a “Rural Plunge”. Instead of telling you all about it, I invite you all to view the movie I put together about our weekend experience. Please click on the link below for the movie. Wartburg Seminary Rural Plunge 2012
Below is the link to the audio http://www.messy-spirituality.com/sermons/ObtainingPerfection.mp3 Matthew 19:16-31 16 Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” 17 “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter … [Read more…]
I had the opportunity and pleasure during my CPE experience to meet numerous people, both in good and troubling situations. I had one person that will always stand out for me. I first got to know him in the Emergency Department. I will call this person “David”. I was asked to take David to the washroom. David was very … [Read more…]
Trinity Lutheran Church will be holding a fundraiser to help offset the expenses of my seminary training. If you would like to attend, please send a check to Trinity Lutheran Church, 3201 Meadow Drive, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008. Cost is $15 per person. Checks need to be received by September 10th, so that enough food is purchased. This … [Read more…]
Recently, in fact this week, I started my CPE program. CPE is an acronym for Clinical Pastoral Education. At the same time, my pastor is on vacation, I am being the supply pastor for the weekend, a friend of mine is in the hospital and is depressed about a surgery they are having and I … [Read more…]
(This post has been imported from my blogspot account. If you are seeing this, do not fret….My posts will continue still on this site.) Today I make my final post to this blog. Class is quickly coming to an end and so is this project, in one sense. After this semester I will head off … [Read more…]
One of our greatest loss of life in America was due to a forced marched of the Cherokee Indians to Oklahoma. Yes, this was based upon a treaty signed by the Cherokee. However, I do not believe anyone of sound mind can reasonably justify that this treaty was signed in good faith by the U.S. Government nor was … [Read more…]
I am starting to get restless a little at school. We have less than thirty days until school is out. Although I am excited, I am going to miss everyone that will be leaving. We have a strange setup here, kinda, at seminary. The only people I can more or less be guaranteed to see more than a single … [Read more…]
Yesterday, I started to watch the movie, Telling Nicholas, in my Loss and Grief class. The story is of a seven year old boy, whose mother was in one of the Twin Towers of New York, at the time of the 911 attacks. The story is a documentary around the telling of Nicholas that his mother is … [Read more…]
I just got this new site up and running. I thought it would be best to put a new post out. You may notice some issues with some of the past posts of mine. It appears that the import module I used, missed some of the spaces between words. I will go back and … [Read more…]