The Luther House of Study has begun a set of videos on the Catechism. So far they have produced videos on the first five commandments. The videos are distributed on the internet via Vimeo. Anyone can access them free of charge. To see the list of catechism videos, click here. To learn more about the Luther House … Read more
Editor’s Note: When I saw Bob Myers sharing this video on Facebook, I wanted to provide an introduction and promo for it here but did not have the time. Bob graciously agreed to do this for me, and Got ‘Er Done the same day. Thanks Bob! Bob is retired from the U. S. Navy and the … Read more
Garrick Matthew Miller Halvorson, aka Gunny, decided he was going to sleep in a cardboard box that night. Dad still comes in to pray the Lord’s Prayer with him. In the midst of the informality of bedding down in a cardboard box, Gunny still knows what reverence is, and his father shows him that prayer fits … Read more
Here is a video of Leif and Kim Halvorson praying the Lord’s Prayer with their three children at bedtime. Dads, as you can see, this takes hardly any time. To be exact, 39 seconds! Yet it has a tremendous impact. It has impact because: A. The Lord’s Prayer is God’s Word, and God’s Word does stuff. … Read more
Facebook group member Pastor Matt Lorfeld his wife Heidi Lorfeld provide this video showing catechization of their 2-1/2 year old son while eating in the high chair. He is learning the 1st and 4th Commandments. This illustrates a father catechizing in the home, catechizing a young child, and fitting catechization into ordinary activities.
Facebook group member Nicole Schulert posted in the group: Thanks for the Lord’s Prayer idea! We did it with a stopwatch for fun. Since we only have one strong reader so far, it took 3m40s to put it in order, but they can’t wait to try again tomorrow. She was referring to a post by … Read more
This is a third video of home devotions by our Facebook group member, Melissa Sutton. The three videos together illustrate a complete home devotion in the morning The first video showed the opening of daily devotions. The second video showed memory work, with mom helping two young children memorize the Third Article of the Creed, … Read more
This is another encouraging video of home catechization provided to us by our Facebook group member, Melissa Sutton. In this video, we see that young children can learn to memorize the Catechism. A very young boy recites the Third Article and its meaning. He and his older sister recite the Introduction of the Lord’s Prayer, … Read more
For many of us, video is such a good way to learn not only how to do things, but more basically, that we can do it. The thought of fixing our home’s propane furnace intimidated me. But we have YouTube. Seeing it done did two things for me: 1. It got me over the psychological … Read more
Facebook group member Melissa Sutton has a creative method for teaching her young son the Lord’s Prayer. When I first saw this video, I thought, “That is as slick as greased lightning! Why haven’t I ever seen that before?” She printed the prayer and sliced it into a little more than a dozen ribbons of … Read more
Below in this blog we present video of teaching by Pastor Matt Richard titled, “The Catechized Life,” but first, a little introduction, and information about Pastor Matt. The Lutheran Church receives as gifts from Christ many fine pastor-teachers. I know this from Scripture and experience. Scripture tells us that it is Christ who gives us … Read more
The Lord’s Prayer Setting by Phillip Magness Played and sung by Phillip Magness for the Wednesday Catechetical Service, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Broken Arrow, OK, September 24, 2014 From the Sing the Faith Songbook (Catechism Songs), Concordia Publishing House