William R. Burrows William R. Burrows, Research Professor of Missiology at New York Theological Seminary, holds a licentiate in theology from the Gregorian University and a PhD in theology from the University of Chicago Divinity School. He has worked in Papua New Guinea, in inner city ministry in the United States, and was managing editor of Orbis Books …
CROSSING John 12:20-33 & “I Am An African”
Crossings 3rd International Conference Morning Prayer Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Pr. David P. Schreiber Resurrection Lutheran Church, Indianapolis, IN 20Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. 21They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22Philip went and told …
“IT IS FINISHED!”
John 19:25b-30 Crossings Third International Conference Crossing the Cross Evening Prayer Monday, January 25, 2010 Rev. Dr. Steven E. Albertin “Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus)” by Salvador Dali Several months ago the History Channel had a show on Roman crucifixion. It explained all the nitty gritty details of crucifixion, especially its brutality and its ability to put the human …
“Come over to M.I.T.—and Concordia—and help us.”
Some thoughts on promissio and missio in academe, and a 21st-century promise-truster’s guide to avoiding a host of false dilemmas that lie between Athens and Jerusalem. Frederick Niedner, Valparaiso University Third International Crossings Conference God’s Promise, Our Mission: Making the Crucial Link 1 January 25-27, 2010, St. Louis, MO 1 Steve Kuhl’s Exegesis of Conference Theme: In a …
“Let’s Roll!” The Mission of Christ the Insurgent, A.D. 2010
Jerome Burce, D.Min., addressing the Third International Crossings Conference Belleville, Illinois 25 January 2010 + In Nomine Jesu + There are two main things I want to do in this hour. First, I want to take up a challenge that Ed Schroeder threw down in a paper delivered last year at a conference of the Lutheran World …
Werner Elert’s Law/Gospel Textbook on Christian Ethics
Colleagues, Cathy Lessmann, Crossings Conference organizer, asks me to invite Crossings folks from the St. Louis area to the eucharist scheduled for the final evening of the conference, January 26 at 7 p.m. The place is the Chapel at the conference site, Our Lady of the Snows, Belleville, Illinois. Homilist for the liturgy is ELCA Bishop Marcus Lohrmann, …
Stephen C. Krueger In Memoriam
Colleagues, I flew to Tampa last Friday for Steve Krueger’s memorial service Saturday morning, January 9. His wife Wendy had asked me to take part in the service. Steve celebrated his 60th birthday on Sept 9, 2009. He died early January 5 a few minutes after midnight. Before I left home I printed out hard copies of the …
Jesus, Age 12, at the Temple
Colleagues, I was asked to be the homilist on the last Sunday of 2009 at our home congregation here in St. Louis, Bethel Lutheran. Here’s the manuscript I prepared. Most of it got proclaimed. Peace and Joy! Ed Schroeder The Gospel for the First Sunday after Christmas: Luke 2:41-52. Jesus, age 12, at the Temple. At Immanuel parochial …
Is Luther’s Way of Thinking Missional?
Robert Kolb Readers are asked to excuse the not-quite-polished nature of the essay and notes Martin Luther stood at a point in church history at which he was called to translate the biblical message anew into a different cultural situation than its long-time Mediterranean idiom. That task had vital importance for him because he was convinced …
Alfa Papa, Bravo Tango, but Charlie Victor: Which Is to Say, The Proper Distinguishing of Law and Gospel Saves the Church (C) from the Two Oldest Heresies (A and B). A Gambit. 1
1 Gambit: “A remark made to open or redirect a conversation.” Rev. Marcus Felde, Ph.D. Third International Conference of the Crossings Community Belleville, Illinois, January 2010 1. Everywhere we look we see the church—supposedly one, holy, catholic, and apostolic—divided and dividing. “Two roads diverged” and we took them both, time after time. Now there are tens of …
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