From a Layman - Who Was Already on the List

Hi Pastor Greg,

I do not know whether I'm on your usual suspects list or not, but I would be thrilled to receive a copy of your new book on Understanding the Pilgrim's Progress, if you have one to spare. I can offer to reimburse you for the postage. I've finally gotten around to start reading the Pilgrim's Progress, and am finding out why it's such a great and famous book. And I'm surprised at how Lutheran it actually is! Thanks for your efforts at reacquainting folks with this old chestnut.

I've been tuning in to your Sunday and Lenten services lately too, because of the quarantine, and I think they're wonderful. Now more than ever we can cherish the value of the Online Church!
At last too I can now put my 1941 The Lutheran Hymnal into active service. This hymnal seems to me to be the Gold Standard of the lot. I see no reason for churches to have ever gone off it.

Thanks Pastor Greg,

In Christ,

Lutheran Layman

A Lutheran Minister Wrote

 Lenski's Kings and Priests

Every day I view Ichabod and I appreciate it.

I have downloaded Lenski's Kings and Priests from the Lutheran Library. What a tremendous resource the Lutheran Library is!  

Of course, Lenski is my go to.  He always has something new to teach me and in a way which help me with my sermons.

Also the virus will skeeter away. Clouds give way to sunshine and darkness to light.

I wish you, your beloved wife, and indomitable Sassy all the best.

I'd take a copy of Understanding the Pilgrim's Progress if you could spare one.

GJ - It was already ordered!

 Understanding the Pilgrim's Progress

The Lutheran Library edition of The Pilgrim's Progress contains both parts, unlike many editions, which only have the first part.

Shipping News - Understanding Pilgrim's Progress

Both parts are included in the Lutheran Librarian's illustrated edition of The Pilgrim's Progress.

I have learned that first-day orders go faster for printing and shipping, so I sent all of them out at once.

If I have missed you, send me a gentle, diplomatic, and sensitive message (greg.jackson.edlp@gmail.com). I can look up whether it is sent. If not, I can send it. One big shipment of Luther's Sermons disappeared. A check on the shipping showed that the recipient's wife put the large box in a room, where it sat unnoticed.

Some may be shocked at getting two copies. I consider each address a unique distribution point for the Gospel. We get plenty of gifts to pay for books and they are less expensive in groups, so do not hesitate to ask for more.

We do not sell books for a profit - we distribute them.

I gave my extra copy of Pilgrim's Progress from the Lutheran Librarian (Alec Satin) to a Calvinist Baptist - plus a copy of The Lost Dutchman's Goldmine, since he expressed an interest in Luther.

 This beautiful companion to the original is full color throughout, illustrated by Norma A. Boeckler,
available soon on Kindle for 99 cents.

Sassy and I - The Sharp Tip of the Spear - 6 AM at Walmart

Walmart opens an hour early here, for those of a certain age. I was awake at 5 and decided to make the run. Sassy wanted to go along, so she jumped in the back of our modified Abrams tank, which looks just like a 2002 Voyager.

I was the first to enter at 6 AM, so I saw the largest WM at its best, after the night crew had all night for stocking, without customers to slow them down. Others followed me in, probably to buy what was least available, paper products, eggs, and a few other items.

The produce area looked great. I bought some sweet potatoes for Christina and tangerines for me. I looked for a few other things and went to the two paper aisles. I know how much we took from the back room on normal days, trying to snug everything into place, when I worked at a Neighborhood Market. The toilet paper aisle had about 20 packages (one per customer, please). Paper towels were similar, the aisle mostly empty, with a few packages of one or two rolls each.

 Sassy's favorite part of the evening is the delivery of one teaspoon of "Frosty Paws", but she gets real ice cream.

That is quite a sight, almost empty aisles at 6 AM - at the largest WM in the state. Beer, soft drinks, and snacks were packed full.

Sassy waited in the car, but reminded me with some sharp yips that we needed to stop at McDonalds. She enjoyed a bacon, egg, cheese and an ice cream cone. A young lady - who loves dogs and our dog too - talked to Sassy about her breakfast. Sassy is not sure I will order the complete meal her way, so she interrupts with loud barks. She sees the cashiers at the main point of contact, so she has plenty to say when we drive up to pay.