Top New Posts in 2022:

1. Rogate 2022 - An Eastertide sermon on St. James, receiving the Word with meekness, with an excursus on the correct Lutheran view of the Epistle of James

2. Have We Failed? - Simon for the opening of the 2022 LCMS Ohio District Convention, on the decline of Christianity in America and what true success looks like.

3. The Resurrection of Our Lord 2022 - An Easter Sunday sermon on the longing embedded in the T of LGBTQ+ in the transformation of the human person begun in the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.

4. The Second Sunday after Christmas 2022 - A Christmastide sermon on the flight into Egypt, and the actions of Joseph as an example for the Christian life.

5. Invocation for the Investiture of the Honorable Liam P. Hardy - On the office of judge, and a prayer at the investiture of a federal judge in Washington, D.C.

Top Older Posts:

These older posts continue to be frequently read:

1. The Thief on the Cross and the Gift of Baptism - The thief on the cross shows us how Christ’s gifts are received.

2. Christmas Eve 2018: Luke 2:1-16 - A Christmas meditation on the words of the angel “To you.”

3. Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols 2021 - A Christmas meditation on nostalgia and the meaning of the future in the birth of Jesus.

4. Best Music of 2021 - The best new albums of 2021, still worth listening to today.

5. The Death of Decency - Popular music has lost any sense of innovation; it’s just aural sex now.

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