“Ever to Emmaus”: Where to Find the Book
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Review of “Ever to Emmaus” by Arthur A. Just Jr. (Part 2)
Rhoda ended last week’s blog with Arthur Just’s words about good pastoral ministry in the context of and oriented toward the Eucharist, which is always for him and for all of us a Return to Emmaus, an act of remembrance. Section two of the memoir, entitled “Jesus and Mary,” remembers Just’s teaching of the “Gospels […]
Review of “Ever to Emmaus” by Arthur A. Just Jr.
With this post, Kent and I begin a series reviewing a new book, Ever to Emmaus: A Theological Memoir, by our friend Arthur Just, Professor of New Testament at Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Since Art graciously wrote one of the forewords to our book, Journey to Jesus, we’re delighted to be able to […]
It’s a Good Time to Think about Your Adult Catechumenal Practices!
Yesterday we celebrated the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession in which the various Lutheran territorial leaders confessed their “pastors’ and preachers’ teachings” as well as their faith on the basis of Holy Scripture. This commemoration—in many ways the most important commemoration for the evangelical-catholic reformatory movement of the church—calls us to think about how we […]
Inverting the Three “BEs”: Believing, Behaving, Belonging
Rhoda’s First Adventure at a Lutheran Camp – Part 3 This will be my final installment of my first experience at a Lutheran camp (as the keynote speaker at the LCMS Northwest District Youth and Family Ministry Conference, held at Camp Lutherhaven, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho). My apologies to CAMP LUTHERHAVEN! I have been using the […]
Formed by Christ, Formed for Service
Rhoda’s First Adventure at a Lutheran Camp – Part 2 Yes, my first experience at a Lutheran camp (as the keynote speaker at the LCMS Northwest District Youth and Family Ministry Conference, held at Camp Lutherhaven, Idaho) was so enriching that I’m sharing a second installment. The opening worship included a rite of thanksgiving for […]
Rhoda’s First Ever Adventure at a Lutheran Camp!
Last month I (Rhoda) had the privilege and joy of serving as the keynote speaker at the LCMS Northwest District Youth and Family Ministry Conference, held at Camp Lutherhaven in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The theme of the conference, “Formed,” was a great opportunity to introduce some of the resources Kent and I have promoted through […]
The Adult Catechumenate and Christian Formation: You Shall Live!
This past week brought this 7 week catechumenate course to a close. With some regret for me personally, because I can no longer, as I tell me students, be the apostolate for the catechumenate—at least to them in the course. But I can in this blog post toward you. In this last reflection I’ll highlight […]
The Adult Catechumenate and Christian Formation: Wonder at Baptismal Thanksgiving and Visualization of the Gospel
Throughout the 7 week catechumenate course—which comes to a close next Thursday— I have tried to expose students to primary ritual experiences and the methods of Bible study that introduce catechumens to the biblical metanarrative centered in the Lord Christ Jesus. We have experienced the rites of acceptance, election, and baptismal thanksgiving, the latter this […]
The Adult Catechumenate and Christian Formation: The Divine and Human Dimensions of Conversion
The last two weeks of my catechumenate class we have focused on the history of conversion and the catechumenate in the church and conversion from the divine side. Alan Kreider’s The Change of Conversion and the Origin of Christendom has facilitated the exploration of this history emphasizing the intertwining elements of believing, belonging, and behaving […]