Repost: O Come, Emmanuel

https://thelutherancolumn.com/2018/12/22/rose-hymns-o-come-o-come-emmanuel/ This past week I shared the O Antiphons on my Instagram page (you can still check them out here!) and today I thought I’d share a post on the hymn “O Come O Come, Emmanuel” that I wrote for a friend’s blog a couple years ago. May you all have a blessed Christmas Eve! …

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Review: The Saints of Whistle Grove

The Saint of Whistle Grove is a collection of stories glancing in on moments from different generations of this little settlement and how their lives, hopes, dreams, and failures shaped this church, even after death.

Review: The Abolition of Man

In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful. Most people familiar with Lewis will likely recognize …

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Review: The Angels’ Portion III

Once again, I found myself reading a book when I could not drink the book's subject. I find it somewhat amusing that this has happened again. I meant to start reading The Angels' Portion by Rev. Thoma a long time ago. I think it has been almost two years since it was sent to me. …

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Review: Defending Boyhood

Esolen's book states most simply and directly that it is good for boys to be boys that we might raise them into men.