Author Archives: Paul Harris

About Paul Harris

Pastor Harris retired from congregational ministry after 40 years in office on 31 December 2023. He is now devoting himself to being a husband, father, and grandfather. He still thinks cenobitic monasticism is overrated and cave dwelling under.

Giving away the Farm – Part II

Posted on December 2, 2024 by Paul Harris

In the February 22, 2024 post, I promised this. There I posted the 1993 essay mailed to me at that time, and probably most conservative Lutherans.  The booklet was titled “A second opinion after ‘The Church and Human Sexuality” (The … Continue reading →

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Reportage or Fearmongering?

Posted on November 25, 2024 by Paul Harris

I was going to title this “Fake News and Battle of the Bulge” in homage to St. Merv. Merv was with the 101st Airborne at the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. “Band of Brothers” is his story. We were … Continue reading →

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Politically Incorrect and Beyond

Posted on November 18, 2024 by Paul Harris
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Evolutionary Racist

Posted on November 11, 2024 by Paul Harris

You don’t have to have ever seen the 1965 poster “The Road to Homo Sapiens”, more commonly referred to as “The March of Progress”, or to have read Darwin’s Descent of Man to know that evolutionary theory if not the … Continue reading →

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty -Sort of

Posted on November 4, 2024 by Paul Harris

With probably two exceptions all of the blogs heretofore were written before retirement. This was written January 24, 2024, and reveals a secret of life like Walter Mitty’s – sort of. 

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Something’s Blowing in the Wind and It ain’t Fortitude

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Paul Harris

Tyndale’s ad in the September 24, 2022 issue of WORLD for their Every Man’s Bible is one word, ”Fortitude”. ‘Fortitude’ is a manly word. Growing up boys would tease each other about their ‘intestinal fortitude’, AKA ‘guts’, or lack thereof. … Continue reading →

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A Synod of Benefits not Faith

Posted on October 21, 2024 by Paul Harris

Even when I was in the LCMS, I thought this. What we all waked together in, what we were really a synod in more than name only, was the Concordia Health and Retirement Plans. A confessional pastor observed after I … Continue reading →

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Does Rome still teach Ex opere operato?

Posted on October 14, 2024 by Paul Harris

I’ve been on  2-year quest, odyssey really, to answer for myself if Rome still teaches ex opere operato. Based on the quote below from Rome’s official catechism of 1994, I doubt it.

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GodConnect Videos – Connecting With the Video Generation

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Paul Harris

I grew up when the marks of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod were the “L’s”. Lutheran Layman’s League, Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, and Aid Association for Lutherans. You saw these “L’s” and you knew you were home where, to steal … Continue reading →

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Pete Seeger was right

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Paul Harris

If you’re going to listen to Pete Seeger’s antiwar anthem, written in 1955 but made popular in the 60’s, listen to the Kingston Trio’s 1962 version. Songfacts.com says, “Pete Seeger wrote this song as a call for peace.

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