Diversity Equity and Inclusion Is the New Thing in the LCMS

 

SP Matt the M.Div. wore his bishop's bathrobe in Europe, but apparently not in the US.
He was worried about the "alt-right"?

Rick Strickert (Carlvehse) Senior Member Username: Carlvehse Post Number: 11009 Registered: 10-2003

Posted on Monday, March 04, 2024 - 1:51 pm:       Concordia University-St. Paul, will be displaying its devotion to woketardian D.I.E. perversion on March 27, according to its announcement, "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. What does that mean for patients and staff?" quote: Date:Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Time:4pm - 5pm Join us for a thought-provoking webinar that delves into the crucial intersection of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in healthcare. Titled “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. What does that mean for patients and for staff?” this session will explore what DEI means for both patients and nursing staff, unraveling the transformative impact it can have on the quality of care and the overall healthcare experience. Key discussion points include: 1. Understanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the principles that underpin diversity, equity, and inclusion in the healthcare setting. Explore why these values are essential for fostering a culturally competent and compassionate healthcare environment.

Benke - "It's OK to pray at a pan-religious service at Yankee Stadium." - Mourning Losses with Father Weedon

 

"It's OK to pray at a pan-religious service at Yankee Stadium."
Benke was put back in office - Wallace Schulz was fired for doing the right thing.

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Quote from: Weedon on Yesterday at 08:16:08 PMI had heard that Slubs had died. I was very blessed to spend a day with him a couple years ago. He was at the seminary for a class anniversary and so I picked him up and gave him a tour of the IC and we enjoyed a lovely lunch. He was one of my favorite professors. Give my greetings to Greg (best man at my wedding!) and to Doc and Dorothy.

Will do.  One of the side effects of a college closing is the effect on the town/gown congregation connected to the college.  In Bronxville's case, the church across the street is Village Lutheran.  Their new neighbor is Iona College, which purchased the Concordia property.  They seem to have survived, with their well-regarded day school continuing its outreach and mission function.  Some of the Concordia professors shepherded small congregations in the surrounding communities.  Tom Sluberski had charge of St. Matthew, Hasting-on-Hudson, for many years.  St. Matthew closed several years ago, and will soon become the office headquarters of the Atlantic District.

Since I spent about a third of my life on the Concordia campus where the District office was located, I literally have not returned to Bronxville since the college closed - too painful a reminder of loss.  Maybe the re-purposed offices at Hasting-on-Hudson will provide relief and hope.

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1) Closing the Music major is a big blow.  At Concordia Bronxville the music program offered through Concordia continues as an independent center in (I think) Stein Hall.  So there can be music after the music major.  Maybe they'll continue the summer program on campus.  Or

2) Go to St. Olaf:  https://wp.stolaf.edu/music/academics-in-music/.  I've heard them at Carnegie Hall - they're superb!  Maybe the summer institute could migrate to Northfield.

3) For Bronxville folks, a venerable professor passed away yesterday - Thomas Sluberski.  Funeral service Saturday at Village Lutheran.  Preaching will be Rev. Dr. Greg Walton.  I would imagine Ralph and Dorothy Schulz as well as Viji and Janet George will be there, past Concordia Presidents.

4) As harsh as these changes are at Valpo, and Jim presents well the challenges, the recent situation at CUWAA is best described as a debacle, poorly conceived, poorly delivered, and walked back with a stout version of the Missouri Synod there in Michigan openly talking about de-coupling from the attempted overreach.

5) Charles' point is well taken.  If and as there are vibrant campus ministries for Christian young people at secular college campuses, the various programs in the arts are most likely going to lead to better vocational choices at those colleges/universities and not at the expense of Christian growth.  Queens College, right down the block from me and in the City of New York University system, has a really fine music program, and is - yes - affordable. 

Dave Benke

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No Sermons - No Faith - No Visitation - No Members

 

The number of people in church on Sunday has reached critical mass - downward. We do not have a set of statistics at Bethany Lutheran Church, but principle cause is easy to discover. That is the neglect of the sermon and teaching the Gospel. The LCMS-WELS-ELS-CLC Walther Combine is not much different from the rapid ELCA catastrophic losses. 

I have one example from a known blog. He set up a server for WELS pastors to swap sermons. Plagiarizing others is considered a necessity for lazy, faithless pastors. He said that his server was busy all night on Saturday. Some groups of pastors do their own copying, so "three out of four borrow from the fourth - a sermonizer who does the work". More examples come from the WELS Love Shack, where the staff copy each other's work. One pastor visited the Love Shack for committee meetings and found two staffers copying the same devotion, word for word.

The Big Four Walther Combine runs on the principle that everyone is already saved - Objective Faithless Justification. When this is questioned, they howl with rage and cite imaginary passages, teaching such nuggets as "everyone in Hell is a guilt-free saint." 

This is so bad, it is laughable, but Kelm was the key spokesperson for Fuller Seminary.

The Bible is a very good book for heretics (Luther) so these bobble-heads necessarily fill their empty brains with slogans. The one thing needful is ridiculed - a faithful Bible, the King James Version. The Walther Combine plucks a few words out of their constantly changing propaganda. They exchange a firm foundation for quicksand, saving time and energy (they think). The result is hollowed out piety, their altered Book sliding into the mire of secular Marxism and gender-bending.

Pastoral visitation is as rare as an honest synod president. 

A lifeline is used to rescue people from drowning. The Walther Combine chose to toss anchors at their drowning victims. Their first gem was the NIV.

 

Daily Luther Sermon Quote - Laetare Lent 4 - "That he now takes the five loaves and gives thanks etc., teaches that nothing is too small and insignificant for him to do for his followers, and he can indeed so bless their pittance that they have an abundance, whereas even the rich have not enough with all their riches..."

Complete Sermon ->Luther's Sermons - John 6:1-15.
Laetare. Fourth Sunday in Lent

3. That he now takes the five loaves and gives thanks etc., teaches that nothing is too small and insignificant for him to do for his followers, and he can indeed so bless their pittance that they have an abundance, whereas even the rich have not enough with all their riches; as Psalm 34:11 says: “They that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing; but the rich must suffer hunger.” And Mary in her song of praise says: “The hungry he hath filled with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.” Luke 1:53.

4. Again, that he tells them so faithfully to gather up the fragments, teaches us to be frugal and to preserve and use his gifts, in order that we may not tempt God. For just as it is God’s will that we should believe when we have nothing and be assured that he will provide; so he does not desire to be tempted, nor to allow the blessings he has bestowed to be despised, or lie unused and spoil, while we expect other blessings from heaven by means of miracles. Whatever he gives, we should receive and use, and what he does not give, we should believe and expect he will bestow.