At Home in the House of My Fathers

I have been reading a wonderful book put out by the Rev. Matthew Harrison. (Lutheran World Relief and Human Care head) He has been, in I assume his spare time, translating and editing the writings of the first five LCMS Synod presidents. This is a wonderful resource for all who are Lutheran whether Missouri Synod or otherwise. I would even go so far as to state that this is a good resource for any Christian. These men were so well versed in Scripture that the gems are too numerous to count. They are not even buried, they are simply there on the surface for anyone to pick up and treasure.

In this book there are words of comfort for those suffering from depression, the first two (Walther and Wyneken) both suffered from bouts of depression during their lives and they both speak to this. Others discuss the lonliness of rural pastors and the mission call of the church (Pfotenhauer) or the response of the church to moral issues including the temperance movement (Schwan). The final pastor of this book gives recommendation to read and study Luther daily (Pieper). And yes, these men were all pastors of individual churches. At least with Walther and Wyneken even while they served as the Synod's president.

As I stated before, I cannot thank Pastor Harrison enough for providing this treasure to the church. I have only read a handful of the texts in this book and this has already become very obvious. This book is a treasure. If you can, you should read it. If not, go to Pastor Harrison's blog (linked above) and he will have a couple of videos of him reading different passages.