I’m writing this on Wednesday because we’re in Kentucky today celebrating one of our grandson’s third birthday. That gave me even two fewer days to settle on a topic! So, I decided to let you do some of the work for me. One of the projects I’ve been working on for quite some time—and which … More Museum Musings for Friday, May 8
Today’s post has it’s beginnings with a phone call I received several weeks ago. The gentleman told me that his sister was downsizing and had 4 oval-framed portraits that she was looking to donate. The people in them had been members of Salem, Farrar. The family also had connections with the out-migration to Alva, OK … More Museum Musings for Friday, May 1
My wife and I left Minnesota yesterday and are on our way back home. I have just a bit of time to share an old story with you today, and I just so happened to take a look at the first post that was published on today’s date ten years ago. Lo, and behold, it … More A Minnesota President
Today is Call Day at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. It is an exciting time not only for the men and women receiving their vicarage and deaconess internship placements or their pastoral and diaconal calls, but also for the congregations who will soon welcome them into their midst. It is a day filled with anticipation, thanksgiving, … More Call Day 2026 – 179 Years after the First One
The constitution of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod was signed on April 26, 1847 in Chicago, Illinois. That means today we celebrate this synod’s 179th birthday. Since my schedule is once again filled today as we travel around the state of Minnesota, I am sharing this brief post that was written in 2016, the first year … More Happy LCMS Birthday!
Once again, I will not find time to write a new blog post today, so I am sharing an old one. This post about a woman was first published on today’s date back in 2017. Unlike most of the posts I write, it was not about a birthday girl or boy or about a couple … More Altheda Schmelig – Her Rough-and-Tumble Brothers and Her Fragile Eggs
It is going to be a real challenge this coming week for me to publish posts on this blog. My wife and I will have the privilege of taking on the roles of grandparents, but we have to travel to Minnesota to make that happen. Today is a travel day, so I wrote this short … More Did Benjamin Die on His Birthday?
Life in East Perry County was anything but calm and serene 185 years ago in 1841. What had begun just a few years earlier as a hopeful new chapter for a group of Saxon immigrants had, by this point, unraveled into uncertainty, doubt, and deep spiritual crisis. Their leader, Martin Stephan, had been deposed amid … More Museum Musings for Friday, April 17
The opening of our new exhibit, The Joy of Red & White, makes quilts and quilting an obvious topic for today’s blog. While I don’t know for sure how many of the 40+ quilts on display were stitched together by church groups and how many were done by individuals, the fact that several of them … More Museum Musings for Friday, April 10
Good Friday invites us to pause in a world that rarely slows down. It is a day marked by sorrow, sacrifice, and a kind of love that chose to endure suffering rather than avoid it. We often want to skip ahead to the joy of Easter morning, but there is something sacred about sitting in … More Museum Musings for Good Friday, April 3
