Category Archives: Etc

Spreading the love on baptism

March 12, 2020EtcMatt Maldre

Last year my wife and I were overjoyed to welcome our second daughter into the world. At her baptism, my twin brother made a baptism log. He carved a cross and dove into a birch log. (The home we grew up in had a birch tree in front of the house).… Read the rest

Your sports rival is a good team to root for

September 5, 2019EtcMatt Maldre

Hatred for your sports rivals just spreads more hate. Thus, I will not continue this practice. Both the Bears and the Packers are fine teams to root for. The Cubs, White Sox, Brewers, and Cardinals are all fine teams to root for.… Read the rest

Searching Lutheran podcasts for episodes about Baptism

May 20, 2019EtcMatt Maldre

It would be really cool if there was an online searchable archive of all the podcasts from Issues Etc, 1517 and Lutheran Hour Ministries. e.g. I would like to search “baptism” and come up with all the relevant episodes. But sine there isn’t a master search, here’s what you can do with each individual site.… Read the rest

Weightless or grounded?

March 22, 2018EtcMatt Maldre

An uplifting song on Spotify:?Weightless by Natasha Bedingfield The sky is the limit And I just wanna float Free as a spirit on a journey of hope Cut the strings and let me go I’m weightless, I’m weightless Millions of balloons tethered to the ground Weight of the world tries to hold us down Cut the strings and let me go I’m weightless, I’m weightless, I’m weightless, I’m weightless… I love the positivity in this song, and the undertones of not worrying.… Read the rest

Concept of Time in the Bible

June 7, 2006EtcThoughts on timeMatt Maldre

We live in an amazing world. So many pieces just fit together, take the “number spiral” where this diagram when all the prime numbers are highlighted, specific visual patterns (odd curves) seem to emerge. How did all this stuff come about?… Read the rest

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Thoughts on God from a Missouri Synod Lutheran artist