Gene Edward Veith Jr.'s Blog, page 172
March 28, 2016
My new book on vocation is out
I have a new book on vocation that has just come out: Working for Our Neighbor: A Lutheran Primer on Vocation, Economics, and Ordinary Life. The Acton Institute is interested, among other things, in the interplay between faith, work, and economics. Towards that end, the think tank has been publishing a series of books looking [Read More...]
Delegate selection as a way to stop Trump
Despite the primary elections, it’s the party, through its delegates in convention, that selects its presidential nominee. But who gets to be a delegate? Those state boosters in funny hats that we watch on TV are mostly party insiders, chosen at state conventions or given an automatic slot because they are current office holders. By [Read More...]
“We did not want her enough”
In an essay about his church’s efforts to battle abortion, Southern Baptist spokesman Russell Moore quoted one of his critics, a Baptist female pastor. Ten years ago, she wrote about her own abortion and justified it in some of the most evil words you will ever read. From Russell Moore, Why Would a Church Support Abortion? [Read More...]
March 27, 2016
“Can there be any day but this?”
Easterby George Herbert RISE heart ; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise Without delayes, Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With him mayst rise : That, as his death calcined thee to dust, His life may make thee gold, and much more just.Awake, my lute, and struggle for thy part [Read More...]
March 26, 2016
United with him in a death and resurrection like his
The son of a dear couple in our church died suddenly. He was 34. His funeral was on Good Friday. What a conjunction of thoughts and emotions! There is nothing like a traditional Lutheran funeral service for comfort: It is all about Christ, full of His Word and His promises, a strong staff to lean [Read More...]
March 25, 2016
Today is Good Friday AND Annunciation
The reader and commenter known only as ngb informed me of today’s special conjunction: In case you all haven’t realized it, this year is a special one with regards to Holy Week. Good Friday falls on the Feast of the Annunciation—March 25—which nicely ties Jesus’ conception and birth together with his death. Good Friday last [Read More...]
“Was ever grief like mine?”
Read George Herbert’s “The Sacrifice,” a poem from the perspective of Christ on the Cross, quoted and linked after the jump. Do you see how it influenced the beloved Lenten hymn “My Song Is Love Unknown”? (Throw in Herbert’s poem Love Unknown and you’ve pretty much got the whole hymn.) The Sacrifice by George Herbert [Read More...]
Exemptions for corporations, but not religious groups
The federal government insists that the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious groups enable their insurance companies to provide contraceptives for their employees. There is to be no religious exemption, and yet big corporations like Pepsi, Visa, Exxon, and Chevron are exempt from the requirement. This is because their existing plans have [Read More...]
NCAA tournament predictions
The NCAA basketball tournament is underway. My two alma maters, Oklahoma and Kansas, are in the thick of it. So what are your predictions? Who will be in the Final Four? Who will be in the championship game? Who will win? Here is the March Madness bracket.
March 24, 2016
“Which my God feel as blood; but I, as wine”
Today is Maundy Thursday, arguably the climax of our Lord’s earthly ministry, the day He washed His disciple’s feet, gave them the mandate (thus, “maundy”) to love one another, instituted the Sacrament of Holy Communion, experienced agony in the garden, gave His high priestly prayer for his disciples and for all who would later believe [Read More...]
