Topics:

1. American Response and Exposure to Opinions
2. Overturning of Roe v. Wade
3. The Church’s response to Pro-life v. Pro-choice

Thank you: 

1517.org 

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

and thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

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Music/Photo:

Joel Allen Hess  "Miss America"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Death of a Naturalist, Seamus Heaney

ITO Radio America 

Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman

Jaryon Myers

Richard Dawkins

Candace Owens video

Margaret Sanger Planned Parenthood

Topics:

1. Welders or Philosophers: what do we really need?
2. Couples leading ministry: who’s your first lady?
3. Pastor’s finding their own replacement
4. Whats up with the Saints? (Revelation)
5. Galatians 3:23-29 What should we do with the Law?

Thank you: 

1517.org 

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

and thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

NEW Monthly Sponsor: Blayne Watts

Music/Photo:

Joel Allen Hess  "Let's roll"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

When I Consider How my Light is Spent, John Milton

Marco Rubio wants “more welders and less philosophers”

Caffeine and Philosophy (instagram Philosopher)

Everyone's a Theologian: An Introduction to Systematic Theology, R.C. Sproul

Shop Class as Soul Craft, Matthew Crawford

Bill Burr First Ladies (You Tube)

Topics:

1. When you pastor dies
2. What does ONE baptism really mean?
3. Biblical views vs. political issues in church

Thank you: 

1517.org 

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

and thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

NEW Monthly Sponsor: Blayne Watts

Music/Photo:

Joel Allen Hess  "I See a Light"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Photo by Paul Koch @rev_koch

Other stuff:

On the Death of a Pastor, thejaggedword.com

Topics:

1. God loves you because you are useful?
2. Blessing the boat and house
3. Christianity does the best job of explaining phenomena 
4. Kingdoms on Earth (Alfred the Great)

Thank you: 

1517.org 

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

and thejaggedword.com

Grace Lutheran, Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

Music/Photo:

Henry Hess “Never Changed” - Listen on Soundcloud

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Preludes, by TS Eliot

The Last Kingdom (Alfred the Great show)

Topics:

1. Point of Education?
2. Political Polarity: Gun control
3. What’s the response of the Church? Christians?

Thank you: 

1517.org 

Grace Lutheran, Ventura

St. James Lutheran, Chicago

 Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

thejaggedword.com

Monthly sponsor: Eddie Switek

Music/Photo:

Joel Allen Hess  "I'm falling away"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Let Me Die a Young Man’s Death, Roger McGough

Graduation verses: Isaiah 3:17,  Galatians 6:11, 2 Timothy 4:13

Dead Poet’s Society 

The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It, Warren Farrell Ph.D. and John Gray

We Have Met the Enemy thejaggedword.com

Topics:

1. Starting something new & why bother getting better?
2. What’s important: Pastoral Office or the Pastor Man?
3. Function of the minister
4. Shootings again…
5. Tyler’s Confirmation/graduation verse: Galatians 6:11
6.  

Thank you: 

1517.org 

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

and thejaggedword.com

Music/Photo:

Joel Allen Hess  "I'm falling away"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Percy Shelley

Topics:

1. Environmental concerns: “Idontcarism”
2. “Silence” of God, movie, book, pastors and psalms
3. The Single Christian: unmarried human being ministry

Thank you: 

1517.org 

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com

Monthly sponsor: Eddie Switek

Music/Photo:

Joel Allen Hess  "I'm falling away"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

How to be a Poet, Wendell Berry

Silence, Shusaku Endo

God on Trial

Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl,

Topics:

1. Mother’s Day and the Gospel?
2. Professional ministry verses lay ministry
3. Pastor’s job neglected by evangelism??
4. Abortion conversations

Thank you: 

1517.org 

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com

Music/Photo:

Joel Allen Hess  "frogs"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

More photography by Paul Koch @rev_koch

Other stuff:

Augustine to Jerome

Luther on the abuses of the Mass

Roe v Wade memo leaked

Topics:

1. Live music in bars
2. Ringside on Confirmation
3. NRSV Translation changes
4. Do you have to keep your body whole for the resurrection?

Thank you: 

1517.org 

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

and thejaggedword.com

Music/Photo:

Joel Allen Hess  "sons"- More on bandcamp

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Cover Photo by Paul Koch @rev_koch

Other stuff:

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,: The Traveller’s Night Song (Wanderers Nachtlied II. in English)

On the Prison of Jazz, G.K. Chesterton

Levites, Whores, and Demoniacs: Here’s How the New NRSV Has Changed, christianitytoday.com

Liturgy of the Ordinary:Sacred Practices in Everyday Life, Tish Harrison Warren

Topics:

1. Easter Vigil reflections
2. Baseball Season! Listening versus watching
3. Weddings  and Baptisms during Lent?

Guest: Rev. James Hopkins

Thank you: 

1517.org 

and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and thejaggedword.com

Music:

Willing Virginia on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud

Dead Horse One - I love my man

Other stuff:

Easter Hymn , AE Houseman

Creation Museum