The Lutheran Ladies' Lounge from KFUO Radio

On June 23, the Lutheran Ladies had the honor and pleasure of presenting a live stage show version of their podcast as the Saturday night entertainment at the LWML National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

This week and next, we’ll be sharing audio highlights from the show. In today’s episode, enjoy the following segments:

• Introduction
• Rachel’s Trivia Challenge: Interesting Wisconsin Facts #1
• Bri’s Radio Theatre: Trent and the Potluck Ladies … or Is It?
• Rachel’s Trivia Challenge: Interesting Wisconsin Facts #2
• Storytime with Sarah: Gertrude Simon's Trek Across the Mountains of China
• Rachel’s Trivia Challenge: Interesting Wisconsin Facts #3

Click to watch livestream from the entire show on Vimeo.

Learn more about One Cup of Water, which Sarah referenced in her Story Time segment, at archive.org.

Connect with the Lutheran Ladies on social media in The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge Facebook discussion group (facebook.com/groups/LutheranLadiesLounge) and on Instagram @lutheranladieslounge. Follow Sarah (@hymnnerd), Rachel (@rachbomberger), Erin (@erinaltered), and Bri (@grrrzevske) on Instagram!

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In honor of the great state of Wisconsin (currently hosting the LWML National Convention and the Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge cohosts), Erin devotes her latest Recipe Card episode to a quintessential Dairyland delicacy: the cream puff.

Despite some initial trepidation, Erin shows her fellow Ladies how easy, delicious, and not-at-all-scary homemade cream puffs can actually be.

“This would not have occurred to me,” says Erin, explaining her choice, “but apparently the Wisconsin State Fair is known for cream puffs. It’s a classic treat.”

For the simple Betty Crocker recipe highlighted in the episode, click here.

To learn the science behind and advanced techniques for crafting choux pastry from Serious Eats, click here.

Connect with the Lutheran Ladies on social media in The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge Facebook discussion group (facebook.com/groups/LutheranLadiesLounge) and on Instagram @lutheranladieslounge. Follow Sarah (@hymnnerd), Rachel (@rachbomberger), Erin (@erinaltered), and Bri (@grrrzevske) on Instagram!

Sign up for the Lutheran Ladies' Lounge monthly e-newsletter here, and email the Ladies at [email protected].

Take a dill pickle. Wrap it up in lunch meat and cream cheese. Slice it into bite-sized nuggets. What do you get? Dill pickle roll-ups — AKA Lutheran Sushi!

In this Wild Card episode, Bri offers a loving tribute to this most midwestern of Lutheran potluck appetizers. She leads Sarah, Erin, and Rachel in sharing memories of their encounters with and opinions of this culinary cultural icon before ending the episode with an original poetic ode to Lutheran sushi.

Oh dill pickle-roll up,

So white, and pink, and green!

Your placement at the potluck

Is the best I’ve ever seen. …

Learn how to make your own dill pickle roll-ups from IamHomesteader.com.

Connect with the Lutheran Ladies on social media in The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge Facebook discussion group (facebook.com/groups/LutheranLadiesLounge) and on Instagram @lutheranladieslounge. Follow Sarah (@hymnnerd), Rachel (@rachbomberger), Erin (@erinaltered), and Bri (@grrrzevske) on Instagram!

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In this Hymn Sing episode, Sarah makes a long-overdue foray into hymns for and about baptism.

Beginning with an unexpected set of poll results from the Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge Facebook group, Sarah goes on to relate the backstories of several crowd favorite baptism hymns. Which of these water-and Spirit-drenched hymns does Sarah most love? Which does she not love so well?

Hymns covered in this episode include “Father Welcomes” (LSB 605), “We Know That Christ Is Raised” (LSB 603), “Baptized into Your Name Most Holy” (LSB 590), “Dearest Jesus, We Are Here” (LSB 592), and “All Who Believe and Are Baptized” (LSB 601).

“Our newest goddaughter was just born 2 days ago from the day of recording,” says Sarah, “and she’ll be baptized in a couple weeks, so baptism is spinning in my brain right now!” And as a treat at the end of the episode, hear Village Lutheran Church in Ladue, MO, sing her goddaughter's baptism hymn, "I bind unto myself today" (LSB 604) at her baptism.

To learn more about the hymns and hymnwriters mentioned (but not covered) in this episode, check out our recent conversations on Emilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and how to host the perfect baptism birthday party.

Connect with the Lutheran Ladies on social media in The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge Facebook discussion group (facebook.com/groups/LutheranLadiesLounge) and on Instagram @lutheranladieslounge. Follow Sarah (@hymnnerd), Rachel (@rachbomberger), Erin (@erinaltered), and Bri (@grrrzevske) on Instagram!

Sign up for the Lutheran Ladies' Lounge monthly e-newsletter here, and email the Ladies at [email protected].

It’s confirmation season, when young catechumens everywhere stand up before their congregations to confess their faith and show off their in-depth knowledge of Luther’s Small Catechism. But how much do the Lutheran Ladies know about the Small Catechism (and catechisms in general)? How much do you know?

In this installment of Rachel’s Trivia Challenge, Rachel quizzes Sarah, Erin, and Bri to see what they remember from their own confirmation classes. What is a catechism? Are there other catechisms besides Luther’s? Why did Luther write his Small Catechism, and for whom? What lines lodge especially well in our minds, and how did Luther specially craft his words to be clear and memorable?

Find out answers to these questions and more in this rollicking round of trivia.

Sources referenced in this episode:

• Luther’s Small Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther (cph.org)
• Der kleine Katechismus von Dr. Martin Luther (cph.org)
• Catechism of the Catholic Church (usccb.org)
• Heidelberg Catechism | Christian Reformed Church (crcna.org)
• The Baptist Catechism | Also known as Keach’s Catechism or The 1695 Catechism
• The Catechism – The Episcopal Church
• The Catechisms of the Westminster Assembly - The Presbytery of the United States | The Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) (westminsterconfession.org)

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Emilie Juliane (sometimes alternatively spelled Ämilie or Aemilie; 1637—1706) was a devout Lutheran lady, Countess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt — and one of the most prolific of all German female hymn-writers, with almost 600 hymns attributed to her authorship.

In this Story Time episode, Sarah delves into the now-relatively-obscure life of one of 17th century Lutheranism’s most noteworthy women, beginning with her tragic and turbulent childhood during the Thirty Years’ War and continuing through her early orphanhood, her close relationship with her cousins (one of whom became her best friend and fellow #hymnnerd, another of whom she married), and the loss of her only daughter.

The episode ends with a discussion of the several English translations of her hymns included in recent LCMS hymnals: “Once in the Blest Baptismal Waters” (LSB 598), “Who Knows When Death May Overtake Me” (TLH 598), “The Lord Hath Helped Me Hitherto, By His Surpassing Favor” (TLH 33), “God Brought Me to This Time and Place” (LW 456).

To learn more about Emilie Juliane, check out Judith P. Aikin’s biography A Ruler’s Consort in Early Modern Germany: Aemilia Juliana of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. For more about the lives of beloved hymnwriters, check out Lutheran Service Book: Companion to the Hymns or Eternal Anthems: The Story Behind Your Favorite Hymns, Volume 2, both available from CPH.

Connect with the Lutheran Ladies on social media in The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge Facebook discussion group (facebook.com/groups/LutheranLadiesLounge) and on Instagram @lutheranladieslounge. Follow Sarah (@hymnnerd), Rachel (@rachbomberger), Erin (@erinaltered), and Bri (@grrrzevske) on Instagram!

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Molly Lackey is social media and special projects assistant at the Concordia Historical Institute in Saint Louis, Missouri, and author of Confessing Jesus: The Heart of Being a Lutheran.

In this “Conversations with Creatives” episode, Molly nerds out with the Ladies about “cottage core,” Japanese artist Sadao Watanabe, archival photographs and artifacts, fonts and paint colors, the history of LCMS missions, and much more.

What wall paint colors pair well with an exhibit of Japanese wood cut prints? What does one do with a triple major in history, German, and Latin? What makes watercolor painting less “scary” than oils? What’s the weirdest artifact currently housed at CHI? Find answers to these and other burning questions you never thought to ask in this lively and often hilarious conversation.

Click to learn more about the Concordia Historical Institute and its ongoing Sadao Watanabe exhibit, or to order Molly Lackey’s book Confessing Jesus: The Heart of Being a Lutheran from CPH.

You can also listen to previous “Conversations with Creatives” podcast episodes featuring baking professional Mary Kruta, liturgical seamstress Anna Hart, singer/songwriter Erin Bode, microfarmer Beth Ritzman, writer/editor Lisa Clark, author/soprano Katie Schuermann, visual artist Kelly Uffenbeck, and designer/entrepreneur Jessie Bell.

Connect with the Lutheran Ladies on social media in The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge Facebook discussion group (facebook.com/groups/LutheranLadiesLounge) and on Instagram @lutheranladieslounge. Follow Sarah (@hymnnerd), Rachel (@rachbomberger), Erin (@erinaltered), and Bri (@grrrzevske) on Instagram!

Sign up for the Lutheran Ladies' Lounge monthly e-newsletter here, and email the Ladies at [email protected].

It's the time of year when we celebrate motherhood. Growing in popularity are terms that include "mom" to define people who care for non-human creatures and things.

And so, in this edition of Bri’s Big Question (BBQ), Bri’s asking: Are Dog Moms Real Moms?

Beginning with an exposition on what we as Lutherans believe about pro-life culture and the vocation of motherhood, Bri then shares her views on vocation and the stewardship of God's creation, including how mothering children and mothering creatures are two different things. She and the other Ladies continue in a lively discussion on what it means to mother human children and "mother" creatures, what the order of creation means, and how we can steward the good gifts God gives to us.

Connect with the Lutheran Ladies on social media in The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge Facebook discussion group (facebook.com/groups/LutheranLadiesLounge) and on Instagram @lutheranladieslounge. Follow Sarah (@hymnnerd), Rachel (@rachbomberger), Erin (@erinaltered), and Bri (@grrrzevske) on Instagram!

Sign up for the Lutheran Ladies' Lounge monthly e-newsletter here, and email the Ladies at [email protected].

In this excerpt from their May 5 book club recap episode, the Ladies (re)announce their next pick for the Lutheran Ladies’ Book Club: C.S. Lewis’s That Hideous Strength.

From the publisher’s description:

The final book in C.S. Lewis’s acclaimed science fiction Space Trilogy, which follows Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, concludes the adventures of the matchless Dr. Ransom.

Now, the dark forces that have been repulsed in Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra are massed for an assault on planet Earth. Word is that the mighty wizard Merlin has come back to the land of the living after many centuries, holding the key to ultimate power for the force that can find him and bend him to its will. A sinister technocratic organization is gaining power throughout Europe, with a plan to “recondition” society, and it is up to Ransom and his friends to stop this threat by applying age-old wisdom to a new universe dominated by science. The two groups struggle to a climactic resolution that brings the Space Trilogy to a magnificent, crashing conclusion.

Written during the dark hours immediately before and during World War II, C.S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy stands alongside such works as Albert Camus’s The Plague and George Orwell’s 1984 as a timeless classic, beloved by succeeding generations as much for the sheer wonder of its storytelling as for the significance of its moral concerns.

Click to learn more about C. S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy, to see a list of previous Lutheran Ladies’ Book Club picks and runners up, or to revisit past online book club events in the Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge Facebook group.

Connect with the Lutheran Ladies on social media in The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge Facebook discussion group (facebook.com/groups/LutheranLadiesLounge) and on Instagram @lutheranladieslounge. Follow Sarah (@hymnnerd), Rachel (@rachbomberger), Erin (@erinaltered), and Bri (@grrrzevske) on Instagram!

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In this Lutheran Ladies’ Book Club recap episode, Rachel leads Sarah, Erin, and Bri in an imaginative exploration of George MacDonald’s The Princess and the Goblin.

What value do children’s stories and fairy tales hold for readers of all ages? How can one unpack a book that isn’t a straightforward allegory but is nonetheless loaded with theological meaning? Are there different kinds of goodness — and what do they look like? Is the “bright shadow” of holiness in a story ultimately more annoying or refreshing?

Listen till the end to hear a re-announcement of the next Lutheran Ladies’ Book Club pick: C.S. Lewis’s That Hideous Strength.

Connect with the Lutheran Ladies on social media in The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge Facebook discussion group (facebook.com/groups/LutheranLadiesLounge) and on Instagram @lutheranladieslounge. Follow Sarah (@hymnnerd), Rachel (@rachbomberger), Erin (@erinaltered), and Bri (@grrrzevske) on Instagram!

Sign up for the Lutheran Ladies' Lounge monthly e-newsletter here, and email the Ladies at [email protected].