Holy Week message from LCMS President
Posted on March 23rd, 2013
Categories: Theology
Tagged: Holy Week, Lent, Matthew Harrison, Suffering
Posts tagged “Matthew Harrison”
Lenten message on prayer from LCMS President Harrison
Posted on February 13th, 2013
Categories: Theology
Tagged: Lent, Matthew Harrison, Missouri Synod, Prayer
Communion refused?
Posted on February 6th, 2013
One of the thorniest issues any LCMS pastor has to deal with is admission to the Lord’s Table. As pastor of a congregation in the inner suburbs of a major metropolitan area that sees frequent visitors for work, military service, and vacation, I’ve had all of the following kinds of experiences, sometimes on the same Sunday: Someone communes and I later realize I should not have allowed it Someone refrains from communing when I would have allowed it Someone is discretely asked about their church membership and/or confession but takes offense even when they are admitted to the communion Someone is given a blessing instead of the Sacrament but is profoundly gracious about it There are numerous issues at work, but the most challenging…
Categories: Theology
Information for Lutherans attending the 2013 March for Life in Washington, D.C.
Posted on January 23rd, 2013
For the last eleven years, Immanuel Lutheran in Alexandria, VA has hosted a Divine Service before the March for Life. We expect that will continue in 2014. However, this year the Divine Service is part of the larger LCMS Life Conference being held at the Hyatt Regency in Crystal City (Arlington, VA). You do not need to be registered for the conference to attend the Divine Service. The service begins at 9:00 a.m., with LCMS President Matthew Harrison preaching. After the service, we will take the Metro into the District for the March. If you are planning on attending the March for Life but cannot attend the Divine Service, plan on meeting your fellow Lutherans at 7th and Independence at 12:00 noon. Look for the…
Register Now for LCMS Life Conference
Posted on January 2nd, 2013
The LCMS Life Conference is fast approaching. Held in Arlington, VA, participants will attend the March for Life in Washington, DC, hear President Harrison and other noted Lutheran speakers. Holy Communion, Evening Prayer, Matins, and the Itinerarium will be prayed at the conference. Get more details by clicking here – I hope to see you at the conference!
Tagged: Life, March for Life, Matthew Harrison, Missouri Synod
As available as bottled water
Posted on April 17th, 2012
LCMS President Matthew Harrison in the Lutheran Witness on the Obamacare Mandate and religious freedom: The issue is simple. We are not telling the government not to provide drugs or healthcare for women. We are not pushing for legislation to limit access to anything. Our own health plan does provide medications for specific health needs (which in other cases are used as contraceptives). I would argue that contraceptives (which the LCMS does not reject out of hand) and abortion-causing drugs are as available as bottled water in this culture of death. The “accommodation” offered by the president is a red herring. “Churches and their institutions won’t pay for offensive medications; their insurers will.” Oh? Most Catholic health plans are self-insured, just as the Concordia Health…
Holy Week Message from President Harrison
Posted on March 30th, 2012
Categories: Theology
Tagged: Holy Week, Matthew Harrison, Video
Conspiracy? Government to pay upkeep on President Harrison’s mustache
Posted on February 29th, 2012
Esteemed Lutheran pastor, blogger, and soon-to-be Director of Worship for the LCMS William Weedon likes conspiracy theories. Well, here’s one: The Opportunity Our noble president, Matthew Harrison, recently made his way to our fair capital to testify at a congressional hearing. But did he do anything else? President Harrison swiftly left the hearing room, ostensibly to fly back to St. Louis. Was there time for a quick meeting with Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-MD? One can imagine the terms when President Harrison got the call: “Sure I’ll come to Washington. But quid pro quo. Get me a meeting with ol’ Roscoe.” “No problem, reverend. But why?” “I’ve got some legislation I want to pitch to him.” The Pitch But Roscoe was busy. Being President…
Categories: Humor
Contraception? $9 per month. First Amendment? Priceless.
Posted on February 29th, 2012
Well, now we know it’s absolutely, positively not about the money. When President Harrison was called to testify before Congress, the minority was upset that a Georgetown student, Sandra Fluke, was not allowed to testify. (They hadn’t filed the request on time.) Nancy Pelosi recently held a hearing with one witness: Sandra Fluke. Fluke testified that contraception costs a female student at Georgetown around $3,000 per annum. (And she wants you to buy it for her.) But The Weekly Standard reports that the pharmacy at the nearby Target store sells oral contraceptives at $9 for a month’s supply. “That’s the price without insurance,” the Target employee said. Why is the left pushing the Mandate so hard? It’s not the money.
Categories: Politics
Testimony summaries at the House hearing on the Obama administration curtailing religious freedom
Posted on February 23rd, 2012
The Most Reverend William E. Lori, Roman Catholic Bishop of Bridgeport, CT, Chairman Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops “We serve people of all faiths, and none because they are catholic, but because we are catholic and our faith prompts us to do it and it flows from what we believe, how we worship and how we are to live. And so, we regard, for example, our catholic charities as really an outgrowth of our discipleship of the Lord and our communion with one another in the Lord and not a side business.” The Reverend Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, President, The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod “We deem this recent government mandate as an infringement upon the beliefs…
Categories: Politics