by Mike Woodruff | Dec 15, 2017 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday. And happy third week in Advent. Perhaps now is a good time to remind you of the goal of the Advent Conspiracy: Worship Fully, Spend Less, Give More and Love All. Quote Worth Requoting: Keep Christ in Christmas? How about we put him back in Christianity...
by Mike Woodruff | Oct 18, 2017 | Travel Logs
This morning we hit the trail for Eisenach shortly after b-fast. This was the home of Johannes Bach and the site of Lutherhouse – a home where Luther lived as a young man. It was turned into a museum about ten years ago. After walking around a bit, we drove two miles...
by Mike Woodruff | Oct 18, 2017 | Travel Logs
We toured Leipzig this AM. This included a museum that showcased several hundred years of local history – including some details about the disputation between Eck and Luther. We then walked to the Old City Hall, which is where the debate actually took place. We...
by Mike Woodruff | Oct 17, 2017 | Travel Logs
Yesterday we hopped an early train to Wittenberg, which is a mix of 16th century cobblestone streets and 21st technology stores. Luther showed up here as a newly minted PhD to teach theology at the local university. In preparation for his lectures, he turned to the...
by Mike Woodruff | Oct 17, 2017 | Travel Logs
I left Sunday shortly after church and arrived in Berlin – via Frankfurt – on Monday AM. I meet Marshall at the airport, and we made for our downtown hotel. I took a short run to avoid a long nap, then we did a walking (and boat) tour of Berlin. It’s quite a city....
