The Blogs

We live in a world where you are one click away from anywhere thanks to the Internet. Granted, that can get you in trouble as you can use the wrong words or perhaps react too quickly. But it is also such a blessing as we learn from others and share with others. The cancellation of Issues Etc has connected so many people in awesome ways. I read my favorite blogs which in turn link me to other blogs. So now I've added to my list of favorite blogs: (This list will grow!)

http://churchandliturgy.blogspot.com About liturgy
http://rasburrysres.blogspot.com/ Pastor Asburry in St. Louis
http://revcwirla.blogspot.com/ Rev. Cwirla's Blogosphere (Underground) It's his personal bunker in case of synodical terrorism.
http://www.redeemerfortwayne.org/blog.php?msg=9142 A great post about the LCMS from Pastor Petersen at Redeemer Lutheran in Fort Wayne, IN
http://augsburg1530.wordpress.com/ A grassroots movement to understand why Issues Etc was cancelled.
http://adelphoitouchristou.typepad.com/savethelcms/News & Information from the Christ-Centered Cross-Focused Resistance Movement
http://laymenetc.typepad.com/ Exactly what it says!
http://bringbackissues.blogspot.com/ Exactly what it says too!

The Listeners Got ISSUES

Holy Week

Holy Week happened and I never made to my blog. The first event of the week was on Holy Tuesday when the LCMS saw fit to cancel Issues Etc (on www.kfuoam.org) and terminate Pastor Todd Wilken (the host) and Jeff Schwarz (the producer). It has been a wild ride on The Wittenberg Trail as it relates to this bad move by the Synod. The blogosphere is 'ablaze' with this story and I'm not talking Ablaze as in the efforts by the LCMS to evangelize.

I have spent too much time hiking The Wittenberg Trail as well as sending my share of emails to synod contacts. And I'll continue spending too much time.

My dad had a pacemaker put in this week and that went very well. Praise God for the vocation of medicine.

Alex was the penitent thief in the Passion Play that the 5th graders do every year at his school. The entire cast was wonderful and what a tremendous witness they were to everyone who attended. We were thrilled that Alex's godparents came -- Bob, Sherry and family.

We attended our first Maundy Thursday service at Our Shepherd. It was a very powerful service as the altar was stripped and all the lights extinguished. The 22nd Psalm was chanted by two men and it was so moving.

We attended our first Good Friday service also. It was a Tenebrae service. The only lights in the sanctuary were the candles in front of the altar. The pastors woke simple black robes. It was so sad and somber. We heard mediations on Jesus' last 7 words and sang the hymn "Jesus, in Your Dying Woes' throughout.

On Saturday we had a seder at home. We combined what I have experienced at seders in the past with information on found on the Internet. Our goal was to remember what God did for the Israelites as they left Egypt and what He did when He sent His Son. And finally we made Resurrection cookies.