Mail Call - 10

28 Sept., 2018

Adam Baumann
Concordia Theological Seminary
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fall Quarter, 2018-2019


16-28 Sept. 2018

Seminary field work assignments were given out on the 24th.  I was placed at Emmaus Lutheran Church and School in Fort Wayne.

Yay.

Work will start off slow, mostly observation initially, then some assisting with readings and such, especially once Liturgics is finished.  So keeping my shoes polished will be a must, and finding a long-sleeved clerical shirt, since it's starting to cool off here.

It might sound like a broken record, but stuff is moving fast.  We just finished week four, out of ten in the quarter.  In the next two to three weeks I have a couple exams, a couple papers, a few quizzes, and reciting the stanzas of the Advent hymn "Savior of the Nations, Come."  And the weekly Gospel pericope translation from the Greek.  So much fun.

I've gotten to meet a USAF reserve chaplain and find out more about the process.  I've gotten to listen to a student of Herman Sasse talk about this most recent theological powerhouse.  And as this post is published, there is a conference on Lutheranism and Classical Philosophy happening with a number of "big names" often heard on Issues, Etc., like Dr. Angus Menuge.  We actually went and listened to his presentation as part of Dogmatics class, and got some good stuff.  A few weeks from now I'm even participating in a satirical theological disputation.  All that's missing is getting to sit at the lunch table with Pres. Harrison.

And we're not even half way through the first quarter.

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Here's a few quotes from Dr. Menuge's presentation that I thought were worth chewing on (and what I could get written down as I was frantically listened):

• "Paradox is fine if truth is paradoxical."
• "The paradox of the God-man answers the paradox of Man, who cannot be what he ought be."
• "Luther's critique of the limitations of unaided reason and his openness to higher input of God's word are surprisingly rational."