Treasury of Daily Prayer: A “father’s” pacing

This is the closest thing to fatherhood that I have experienced since the impending birth of my own children 29 years ago. We received samples of printed pages of Treasury of Daily Prayer from the printer. All the press marks are still on the edges and they certainly aren’t bound. This is like getting the [...]

WHITE PAPER #3 part two: Concordia’s Treasury of Daily Prayer: The Psalms in Daily Prayer and the Practice of Daily Prayer

Dr. Stucwisch continues: Now, then, in addition to being the Word of God—and, really, precisely as the Word of God—the Psalms also become the Church’s words of prayer (and a sacrifice of praise), when they are spoken back to God and confessed before the world as words of faith. Indeed, such “confession” (which, if one [...]

WHITE PAPER #3 part one: Concordia’s Treasury of Daily Prayer: The Psalms in Daily Prayer and the Practice of Daily Prayer

Our look at the formative thoughts behind the development of Treasury of Daily prayer continues by hearing the foundational report of Rev. Dr. Rick Stuckwisch to the Good Shepherd Institute in November 2002. Rev. Stuckwisch, was the primary architect for the Daily Lectionary, and public spokesperson for the Lutheran Hymnal Project Lectionary Committee on the [...]

WHITE PAPER #2: Concordia’s Treasury of Daily Prayer: The Shaping of the Daily Lectionary

This next examination of the rationale behind the Treasury of Daily Prayer goes back to the foundational work done by the Lectionary Committee for the (then) Lutheran Hymnal Project. My good friend, Pastor Rick Stuckwisch, was a member of that committee, the committee member who work is most reflected in the Daily Lectionary, and who [...]

WHITE PAPER #1: Concordia’s Treasury of Daily Prayer: The Spheres of Influence

As examination copies and excerpts of Treasury of Daily Prayer begin to circulate, I am receiving interesting questions about how decisions where made that effected what appears in the Treasury. This will be the first attempt to set out some of the editorial rational, thinking, and background behind the Treasury project. If these short white [...]

Doctrine is Life — Essays of Robert D. Prues

Two new books have been reviewed over at the Luther Library. They feature hard-to-find journal articles by Robert Preus. They certainly look like they are worth the read. You can check out the review at Doctrine is Life.

New book-Worshiping With Angels and Archangels: An Introduction to the Divine Liturgy

There is a new book out from an author you might recognize. There is a nice little review of it featured at Luther Library blog for you to check out. Thank you John, for the review. I suggest that you buy lots of copies from Concordia Publishing House. From Luther Library: One of “our own” [...]

Important New Book:Worship, Gottesdienst, Cultus Dei

What the Lutheran Confessions Say About Worship It is not my job to hawk books… but you gotta know about this one! Worship, Gottesdienst, Cultus Deiby Dr. James L. BrauerProfessor, Concordia Seminary, LCMS, Saint Louis, Missouri This examination of the texts of the Lutheran Confessions gathers together those references pertinent to the contemporary discussion of [...]

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