Monthly Archives: June 2020

June 15, 2020 · 6:00 am

“Here I Write” Interviews 2020

Lutheran radio station KFUO is up to eight different sessions of “Here I Write” interviews from folks who would have led sessions at the canceled Lutheran writing conference for 2020.

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June 12, 2020 · 6:00 am

The Illuminated Hymnal

CPH has just released a new devotional coloring book: The Illuminated Hymnal. 🙂 You can look through it here.

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June 11, 2020 · 6:00 am

Healing Racial Divides in America

Today I get to tell you about two great resources from Lutheran author and pastor B. Keith Haney! First, CPH has published a downloadable study, One National Under God: Healing Racial Divides in America. (Click on the picture for that since my link seems to be both correct & not working. Sorry!) Second, Rev. Haney is offering something like 10 opportunities to join a One National Under God: Healing Racial Divides in America webinar Bible study.

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June 10, 2020 · 6:00 am

None Greater

Another recommendation from a reader: retired Lutheran pastor Gene E. Merrell has a book titled None Greater: John the Baptist.

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June 9, 2020 · 6:00 am

The Struggle for Unity

Here’s a timely find! A kind reader sent in a recommendation for The Struggle for Unity by retired Lutheran pastor Richard O. Ziehr. The Amazon blurb describes it as “a personal look at the integration of Lutheran churches in the South.”

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Tagged as American church history, integration, LCMS history, racism, segregation

June 8, 2020 · 6:00 am

Timothy Hemling

Ladies and gentlemen, another Lutheran author! Timothy Hemling is a Lutheran teacher and author. He has two books available (with a few more coming in new editions soon-ish): Downfallen, the first in a season, and a stand alone Project Octave.

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June 5, 2020 · 6:00 am

Online Book Clubs

I have not forgotten that I’ve offered to lead an online book club through Gene Veith’s Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to Literature. (I first posted about that idea here.) My plan for that is below. Plus, I’ve learned about another great opportunity if you’re into online book clubs! Continue reading →

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June 4, 2020 · 6:00 am

Let Down Your Hair

To be honest, I don’t follow many authors and I don’t subscribe to many of their newsletters. Rachel Kovaciny‘s, however, I do and I always enjoy it. Well, through it I’m happy to tell you that you can read her latest Rapunzel-inspired short story, Let Down Your Hair.

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