http://www.lutheranforum.org daily 1 2007-08-15T18:07:56Z http://www.lutheranforum.org/articles/beth-schlegel/whose-moral-authority It bears saying that moral outrage can be expressed on any side of a particular issue. Abraham Lincoln was exercising moral leadership when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation and gave the Gettysburg Address, and he was assassinated because of the moral outrage of those who held opposing views... No publisher Beth Schlegel 2008-04-17T00:47:43Z News Item http://www.lutheranforum.org/articles/beth-schlegel/Rite-Vocatus If you asked, I would say that I am a confessional pastor, but I admit to taking the Confessions for granted most of the time. I would do well to spend an hour with the Bible and an hour with the Confessions daily, as Luther encouraged students and pastors to do, but program planning, meetings, visits, and the usual parish schedule impinge upon me (I say this by way of description, not excuse.) and the Confessions gather dust... No publisher Beth Schlegel 2008-02-01T14:02:25Z News Item http://www.lutheranforum.org/articles/beth-schlegel/on-modern-ireland-and-the-pomo-church Granted, it was southern Ireland where I spent vacation this past summer— a bastion of Roman Catholic faith, much like southern Germany. “If it’s a church, it’s a Catholic church,” our bed and breakfast hosts said. Not entirely true—there were the occasional Church of Ireland congregations, too. But in spite of the Catholic/Protestant distinction among the Irish, the culture of the land we visited was unabashedly Christian... No publisher Beth Schlegel 2007-10-18T23:26:16Z News Item