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Lutheranism, Liberty, and the pursuit of all things Macintosh

Book Plates

admin | September 15, 2009

Perhaps one of the worst feelings in the world (okay… not the worst feeling… but close) is losing a book. If you don’t have your name somewhere in the book, the book is as good as gone. What claim do you have to it?
To combat this you have to identify yourself in the book. Some [...]

Patton on Preaching

admin | June 3, 2009

“Whenever Patton arrived at a new post, he lost no time asserting his influence. He summoned the chaplain and bluntly told him that his sermons were too long. ‘I don’t yield to any man in my reverence to the Lord, but… no sermon needs to take longer than 10 minutes. I’m sure you can make [...]

Library Philistine

Sam | March 9, 2009

I’ve been a library philistine most of my life. While I would check out books from our school library in elementary and middle school, in high school I barely checked out any books. Why? Because my family generally has the attitude, “If it is good enough to read it is good enough to buy.” We [...]

What does a seminarian/vicar listen to?

Sam | January 13, 2009

Ever wonder what a seminarian listens to on his iPod?
Here is your chance to find out!
I actually use my iPod for a number of things. I do watch movies and tv shows on it occasionally, especially on trips. I wasn’t sure if I would like the small screen, but I’m sold on it now. I [...]

Debate Tonight

Sam | October 2, 2008

In about thirty minutes I’m heading with Lisa to the seminary to pick up a friend. From there we are off to the Chaifetz Arena at Saint Louis University to watch the debate on the big screens at the Republican Debate Watch Party/Rally. I know a number of other folks from the seminary community are heading [...]

Concordia Seminary and iTunes

Sam | November 6, 2006

If you haven’t heard already Concordia Seminary has partnered with Apple to get set up on iTunes U. You can either download directly to iTunes or you can subscribe to items as podcasts. In addition, there are video files to be downloaded in addition to some documents. Most files you can download in a high [...]