Monthly Archives: July 2017

CHRISTMAS IN JULY . . . OR WHENEVER

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Wilhelm Weber

Here is Professor Dr. Carl Fickenscher’s sermon for yesterday’s Matins in the chapel of St.Timothy at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane: 2017.7.25 Carl Fickenscher TIT3-3FF.MAN Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming from tender stem hath sprung! Of Jesse’s lineage coming, … Continue reading →

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6th Sunday after Trinity

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Wilhelm Weber

Watchword from the holy prophet Isaiah chapter 43 verse 1: But now, this is what the LORD says– he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned … Continue reading →

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Pianos, trumpets & marmite sandwiches

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Wilhelm Weber

  That’s definitely one of the privileges of being a pastor’s and missionary’s kid: Sitting at table with pastors, teachers, bishops and other friends of the holy Christian church. One of these friends was Onkel Siegfried Karl Hermann Damaske  (*25.5.1932 … Continue reading →

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A change is as good as a holiday, they say.

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Wilhelm Weber

I still remember going to the KNP with part of my in-laws large family. They were 9 kids too like us back home. Back then in the late eighties we had such a good time in Skukuza and surrounds, that … Continue reading →

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5th Sunday after Trinity

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Wilhelm Weber

Watchword from Ephesians 2,8: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.  (Eph 2:8) The Introit from Psalm 73: Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me … Continue reading →

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4th Sunday after Trinity

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Wilhelm Weber

  Watchword from Galatians 6: Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. (Verse 2) The Introit from Psalm 22: Ye that fear the Lord, praise him. For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction … Continue reading →

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