Author: Rev. Bernie Seter

I have always loved words and where they come from and how their meanings evolve. Esther Abbetmeyer Selke, wrote “Pioneers of German Lutheranism in Minnesota”.  I have mentioned her writing on this blog before.  Her article was...

Political – adjective 1. of, relating to, or concerned with politics : political writers. 2. of, relating to, or connected with a political party: a political campaign. 3. exercising or seeking power in the governmental or...

She is sorry.  Really, really sorry.  Not a British Petroleum kind of sorry, but really sorry.  So sorry it pains her sorry.  Really. Really.  Not sorry enough to go and haul unpolluted water to herds of livestock  by main force...

There is confusion over some words in the Bible because of the way they are translated from the original.  Sheol which is the Hebrew place of the dead was translated into Greek as Hades which is usually thought of as hell. ...

We pray the Lord’s Prayer “forwards,” says Luther, when we start with the First Petition and pray all the petitions only from the viewpoint that God’s glory may be magnified. But man is always inclined to...