Northern Crossings

I was doing some research on something completely different when I came across one of my old quarterlies from 1955.  There was an article about the film that was made in 1953 about Luther  which was wildly popular and became...

Habakkuk 2:19 English Standard Version 19 Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, Awake; to a silent stone, Arise! Can this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it. I find it...

Sundays Old Testament lesson was about Joseph reconciling with his murderous hateful brothers when they came to Egypt where they sold him into slavery.  This painting shows the creepy nasty  brothers telling their ailing Father...

  I have never understood exactly how the beautiful pictures overlaid by these snippets from the Scriptures fit together, but I do enjoy them. This section of Psalm 143 is priceless.  Luther said of Psalms in general...

I get criticized a lot on this blog for my syntax, punctuation, and sometimes my spelling. I have said before that my model  for writing is Cormack McCarthy but no one listens.  I may get a little sloppy sometimes but nothing...

 I still remember where I was going and what I was doing on 911.   I was traveling to Fargo to visit with Bill Sharpe about Lutheran Church extension. Announcement came on the radio that a small plane that a “small...

  When the body of Christ seeks to do mission and ministry and acts of mercy in the world, it finds out very quickly that it is confronted with all kinds of issues from the world itself, from its own organizational...

GOOD government is one of the most precious temporal gifts God gives to a people, while a vicious, corrupt, and incompetent government may become the greatest curse. Every citizen is therefore vitally interested in the...

  A Pastor trying to get his church in Germany functioning after WWII talked about the older people coming back to worship and struggles of the younger who had been indoctrinated and educated by National Socialists.  What...

You must know that from the beginning of the world a wise prince is a rare bird indeed; still more so a pious prince. They are usually the greatest fools or the worst knaves on earth; therefore one must constantly expect the...

GOOD government is one of the most precious temporal gifts God gives to a people, while a vicious, corrupt, and in-competent government may become the greatest curse. Every citizen is therefore vitally interested in the...

    Hello! As promised, I am very happy and excited to share our Facebook Page, “Project 24 – Kenya”! The official launch date is tomorrow September 1st, but you can get to it now. This page will offer even greater...

      “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.”— John iv. 35. Here is another Julie...

  When I need a little pick me up I sometime read a little bit of a Charles Spurgeon sermon.  He is nothing if not exciting and can be challenging too.  I received this picture from Julie Byron and stunned by the beauty I...