The Gottesdienst Crowd

Rev. Jason Braaten welcomes back Rev. John Bussman to work through the CTCR's December 2025 report, "The Proper Administration of the Lord's Supper: Applying Scripture and the Confessions to Contemporary Issues." Prompted by 2023 Synod Convention resolutions, the report addresses three practices that have crept into LCMS congregations: substituting grape juice for wine, using prepackaged communion...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Third Sunday after Trinity, Luke 15:1–10. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdien...

Pastor Paul Schultz sits down with Pastor Zelwyn Heide of the North Dakota District to talk about one of the most neglected aspects of pastoral formation — the craft of preaching. The conversation moves from the theoretical to the practical: why content alone isn't enough, how persuasion is inseparable from faithful proclamation, an where to find the best resources outside LCMS circles for sharpen...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Second Sunday after Trinity, Luke 14:15–24. ----more---- Host: Fr. David Buchs Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdien...

Pastor Paul Schultz sits down with Pastor Joseph Muench of Trinity Lutheran Church in Nokomis, Illinois to dig into the baptismal and Exodus theology running through 1 Peter. Before working through the text itself, they lay out two foundational hermeneutical commitments: the Old Testament is the primary background for New Testament language and imagery, and the word and sacrament life of the churc...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the First Sunday after Trinity, Luke 16:19–31. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdie...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Epistle reading for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, Romans 11:33–36. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdi...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, John 14:23–31a. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdien...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, John 15:26–16:4. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdie...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, John 16:23–33. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdienst....

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, John 16:5–15. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdienst.o...

The Elector's Bible is a witness of Lutheran history on how early Lutherans rebuilt after the devastation of the Thirty Years War. And in this episode, Pastor Travis Berg walks us through its origins and how it came to be. From the political and ecclesiastical climate that produced it to the hands that shaped it, this conversation anchors the Elector's Bible in its proper historical context, givin...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, John 16:16–22. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdienst...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Third Sunday of Easter, John 10:11–16. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdienst....

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Second Sunday of Easter, John 20: 19–31. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdiens...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for The Resurrection of Our Lord (Easter Day), Mark 16:1-8. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www....

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Easter Vigil, Matthew 28:1–7. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/gotte...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for Good Friday, St. John's Passion. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/gottes...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Epistle reading for Maundy Thursday, 1 Corinthians 11:23–32. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdienst.o...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Sixth Sunday in Lent, Matthew 26–27. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdienst.or...

In Episode 3 of Saving the Sons of Missouri, Rev. David Ramirez moves from diagnosis to response—offering a candid and pastoral path forward for engaging the rising generation of young men in the LCMS. Building on the cultural, economic, and familial realities outlined earlier, this episode wrestles with how older generations can faithfully respond to the zeal, frustration, and searching of younge...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Fifth Sunday in Lent, John 8:46–59. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org...

In Part 2, Rev. Jason Braaten and Rev. David Ramirez discuss what happens when a society reaches the end of its cultural experiment. After decades of secularization, humanism, and cultural revolution, many younger people—especially young men—are beginning to recognize that the modern project has failed to deliver the promised freedom and happiness. The result is a renewed search for truth, order,...

Two pastors thinking out loud about the upcoming Gospel reading. This episode is devoted to the Gospel reading for the Fourth Sunday in Lent, John 6:1–15. ----more---- Host: Fr. Jason Braaten Regular Guest: Fr. Dave Petersen ----more---- Become a  Patron ! You can subscribe to the Journal here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org/subscribe/ You can read the Gottesblog here:  https://www.gottesdienst.org...

What kind of world have our sons inherited—and how different is it from the one their fathers and grandfathers knew? In Part 1 of Saving the Sons of Missouri, Rev. David Ramirez lays out the situation. Before offering solutions, he insists on telling the truth about how radically the religious, cultural, economic, and familial landscape of America—and the Missouri Synod within it—has changed in ju...