Today's trip to Walgreen's, unlike my 1980s-pop memory trip of December 13 , yielded the above music selection, which is actually a...

There is just something funny about our blessed Lord, His virgin mother, his step-father, the magi, and the angel all posing in front of the...

Here is a little quiz regarding an American president by the legendary Clyde N. Wilson , professor emeritus at the University of South Caro...

The rating for the film Avatar reads as follows: "Rated PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and ...

20 December 2009 at Salem Lutheran Church, Gretna, LA Text: Luke 1:39-56, (Deut 18:15-19, Phil 4:4-7) In the name of + Jesus. Amen. “The Lo...

This little bit of arm-twisting by the executive branch is symptomatic of the failure of the federal government and its disdain for the Con...

The appropriate protocol in this situation is to call the Mrs. and have her start a roux.

Well, here is the Hollywood Christmas tree, round two. Version 1.0 was an epic fail when it flunked the Rex Test. In the immortal words of ...

Here is a very cool website. Each of the 66 books of the undisputed universal canon of the Bible has its own "word cloud" based o...

In today's zero-tolerance-for-common-sense government schools, we have such Onion -like spectacles as a 2nd-grader sent home for drawing...

16 December 2009 at Salem Lutheran Church, Gretna, LA Text: Zeph 3:14-20 In the name of + Jesus. Amen. One of the nice things about being a...

An interesting discussion in Bible class yesterday (Sunday) - we're in Romans 11. This concerns St. Paul's use of the name "Is...

If you've received an e-mail announcing that the "Rev." Al Sharpton is scolding Tiger Woods for the lack of racial diversity...

During an expedition to Walgreen's today, I heard the above 80s anthem by the Canadian band " Glass Tiger " (with fellow Canu...

13 December 2009 at Salem Lutheran Church, Gretna, LA Text: Matt 11:2-11 (Isa 40:1-11, 1 Cor 4:1-5) In the name of + Jesus. Amen. After tho...

Veni, Emmanuel ! The choir is called the Schola Cantorum Riga and they often sing in the Riga Cathedral in Latvia , a 13th century Lutheran...

... to use the new cover sheet on your TPS reports. Did you get that memo? Yeaaaah. This is no joke. This is what goes on in the bu...

Not to be confused with this man . Here is a heart-warming local interest story about a former-Marine Lucky Dog vendor who foiled a robbery...

I cannot recommend this blog enough - for both Lutheran pastors and laypeople. Pastor Cota , who serves St. John Lutheran Church and Trinit...

As promised , you can click here for the latest (Dec 2009) issue of the SLMS newsletter . This issue includes Part Two of Albina Decker'...