Okay, so the title of this post is a little more dramatic than I’d intended. When it comes to making predictions, I’m with Yogi Berra, who once said, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” 🙂 With that caveat in mind, I’d still like to offer two brief thoughts about the future of this blog. 1) I hope to continue posting here, even as I transition to a new call as president of The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. I’ve been away from writing here for about a month, largely because of the need to give time to my interviews and conversations with folks at Philly; speaking at several Synod...

Just a quick blog update. Actually, two: 1) Late last week I somehow lost all my subscribers. I use Google’s Feedburner utility which allows folks to subscribe, emails the posts daily to subscribers, and manages those subscriptions. Somehow, all 4500 subscribers got wiped away last week. I’m trying to figure it out, but for now that means no daily blog updates are reaching anyone. I have, at the moment, no idea how to remedy this, but I’ll let you know when I figure it out. 2) I’ve got a crazy busy – and very exciting – week coming. This Tuesday and Wednesday I’ll be on the campus of The Lutheran...

What would you dedicate to your mother? Mother’s Day is, of course, just around the corner. It’s a day – along with Father’s Day – that I’m a tad ambivalent about. While not actually invented by Hallmark, as the common lore has it, the day’s founder – Anna Jarvis – soon became quite resentful of how Hallmark and others exploited the day to their gain. Given that history, one wonders why we need a special day to honor our mothers (or fathers) – I mean, why not honor them every day? At the same time, I think I have a great mom (and dad!), and I think my wife, my sisters, and my...