Confessing Christ today
Lutheran insights on Scripture, liturgy, confessions, and contemporary issues.
The Bells of Christmas Chime Once More: Keeping Christmas at St. John’s
The Bells of Christmas Chime Once More: Keeping Christmas at St. John’s It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The cookies, the baked goods, the family recipes. The music, the lights, the ugly Christmas sweaters. The the toys, the socks, the candy that doesn’t…
2 Confessional Lutherans – What Does This Mean
Sometimes when people describe churches like St. John’s, they use the term “Confessional” Lutheran. It’s a reference to our holding to the Lutheran Confessions, a collection of documents also known as the 1580 Christian Book of Concord. In fact, in their ordination…
Candlemas FAQs
St. John’s is celebrating Candlemas for the first time in recent memory this 2025, and I thought a question-and-answer style blog post might be helpful. 1. What is Candlemas? 40 days after Jesus was born, in Luke 2:22-32 Mary and Jesus went to the temple for the first…