Good morning! It looks like it’s going to be a great few days coming up. This weekend we are honoring two teachers who are retiring. They have served the Lord faithfully for many, many years. They have touched so many lives. They are truly wonderful gifts from God. Luther continues in the Large Catechism: In [...]
So I got up today and I thought it was Thursday. I went to put out the trash and no one else had their trash out. Why? Because it’s only Wednesday. There was a note on the door to take a bottle of juice to school for a little breakfast we were having for our [...]
There were lots of people running around Miller Park this morning. They were giving away small statues of the Chorizo racing sausage. I was listening to the news at 6am and they said they still had plenty. So I decided to go up there, but by the time I got there at 6:45, they were [...]
Happy Monday morning one and all. Martin Luther continue in his Large Catechism on the 6th Commandment: But because among us there is such a shameful mess and the very dregs of all vice and lewdness, this commandment is directed also against all manner of unchastity, whatever it may be called; and not only is [...]
When I teach Confirmation to our 8th graders we begin with the basics about God and the Bible and then move on to the 10 Commandments. We can spend a lot of time talking about the first three Commandments, the students will get into so lively discussions. By far, the quickest Commandment to cover is [...]
One never feels as helpless as when in the hands of medical profession. My wife needed surgery to repair her knee yesterday. While we have checked with all the doctors, the surgeon still wanted written permission from her cardiologist that it was okay to do the surgery. Of course, the office was closed at that [...]
Well, after a couple students shaved off my beard Friday night, I have forgotten how much I dislike shaving. Getting up in the morning and standing in front of the mirror is not fun. It was funny. I got home after the PTL shave party and let the dogs out and they kept sniffing me [...]
Martin Luther continues talking about the Lord’s Prayer in the Large Catechism: Secondly, under this commandment not only he is guilty who does evil to his neighbor, but he also who can do him good, prevent, resist evil, defend and save him, so that no bodily harm or hurt happen to him and yet does [...]
The weather people have been so wrong so far this week. And all this rain is just getting to me. We were promised sun yesterday and we never got it. No sun today so far either. We did have lots of fog as I was driving to the gym. Luther continues on the Fifth Commandment [...]
So, we got great news at our school yesterday. Trinity School is a finalist to receive a $100,000 library makeover. Our students have been involved in the Racine Reads program to read 1,000,000 books. Well, they did that months ago. But the program has been very successful. The students have read lots of books. It [...]
Martin Luther begins his discussion of the Fifth Commandment in the Large Catechism: We have now completed both the spiritual and the temporal government, that is, the divine and the paternal authority and obedience. But here now we go forth from our house among our neighbors to learn how we should live with one another, [...]
Pastor Jennings Martin Luther continues in the Large Catechism: If that were done, God would also richly bless us and give us grace to train men by whom land and people might be improved and likewise well educated citizens, chaste and domestic wives, who afterwards would rear godly children and servants. Here consider [...]
Martin Luther writes in the Large Catechism on the Fourth Commandment: But here again the sad plight arises that no one perceives or heeds this, and all live on as though God gave us children for our pleasure or amusement, and servants that we should employ them like a cow or ass, only for work, [...]
Things are changing with my children. My son is moving from Oshkosh to Appleton in the next couple week. We are going up Sunday to pick up a table and an old dresser to bring them home. My daughter will be starting a new job in June, her first job. She will be training in [...]
So, I cut the grass over the weekend. It was the second time cutting the back yard and the first time cutting the front. It was also the first time I started up my weed wacker. It is usually very difficult to start the first time of the year. I usually try to use last [...]
Happy Thursday! Did you know that today is National Garlic Day? I love garlic. I used to grow garlic. It takes the better part of a year in these parts to grow garlic. Basically, in September, you use a stick to poke a hole in the ground six or eight inches deep and drop a [...]
I got a text message from my son yesterday that Ted Nugent was playing at the Racine County Fair. Tickets are $10! He knows that I have followed Ted since college. Ted is from Detroit although he moved to Chicago and spent almost as much time there, but people don’t remember that. And I grew [...]
So, we pick up Jan’s new vehicle, a 2001 Toyota Highlander, and we get a bite to eat and then we run to Walmart to look for something. After we finished shopping, she gets in line to pay and sends me to get the car. Well, I didn’t pay good attention to where we parked [...]
So, my parents are in Florida all winter. They take their Honda CRV and leave their minivan at their condo. They are gone all winter. Well, three days after they get back to Detroit, their minivan gets stolen from the car port. What’s funny, is that neighbors saw it happen. A neighbor sees the van [...]
Good Thursday morning! Yes, I know it’s been a week since I’ve posted. But what a week it was. I had seven worship services in four days. Looked for cars for my daughter and my wife. Entertained 13 people for Easter dinner. Transported two loads of firewood from a friends home to mine. Now I’m [...]