The Wittenberg Hour

Better than Robbers- A Father's Role in Raising Daughters to be Ladies

Miss Grace Reps joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss fathers raising daughters to be ladies.

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What role have fathers in the formation of their daughters?  Why are fathers so uniquely important in the formation of their daughters?  Why are fathers essential in preparing their daughters to be wives and mothers?

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Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing

 

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Suggested reading:

The Table of Duties from Luther's Small Catechism

Luther's Large Catechism, especially the Fourth Commandment

 

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Standing Against the World

Rev. Dr. Theodore Graebner and G.K. Chesterton join The Wittenberg Hour (through their writings) to discuss church architecture.

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Why is church architecture worth considering?  What do spires, steeples, bricks, and mortar confess?  What have architecture and furnishings to do with what goes on in a church building?

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Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing

 

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Suggested reading:

Where We Find God by Jake Scott

Pastor and People by Rev. Dr. Theodore Graebner

The Architect of Spears by G.K. Chesterton

 

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National Lutheran Schools Week Guest Speakers Series- Part II

Enjoy excerpts from Wittenberg Academy's National Lutheran Schools Week Guest Speakers Series.  In Part II, Mrs. Holly James, Rev. Larry Beane, and Deaconess Sandra Rhein teach about being an outsider in another nation, how chaplains serve communities, and why hymnals are essential.

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How might one live as an outsider in another nation?  How do chaplains serve in communities?  Why are hymnals essential?

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Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing

 

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Suggested reading:

 

 

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National Lutheran Schools Week Guest Speakers Series- Part I

Enjoy excerpts from Wittenberg Academy's National Lutheran Schools Week Guest Speakers Series.  In Part I, Rev. Dr. Burnell Eckardt and Rev. Dr. Carl Fickenscher II teach about the Divine Service and how pastors are formed for service.

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Why do we do what we do in the Divine Service?  How are pastors formed for service?

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Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing

 

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Suggested reading:

Why? A Layman's Guide to the Liturgy

 

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Coming up: National Lutheran Schools Week Guest Speakers Series- Part II- Mrs. Holly James, Rev. Larry Beane, Deaconess Sandra Rhein

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Lutheran Schools in the Valley of the Shadow of Death- Teaching the Children of the Church How to Die Well

Rev. Dr. Thomas Korcok joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss Lutheran education on the occasion of National Lutheran Schools Week 2021.

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What is the purpose of a Lutheran school?  Why must we “have and maintain” Lutheran schools?  Why might we say that Lutheran schools teach children how to live well, but also how to die well?

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Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing

 

Suggested reading:

Lutheran Education: From Wittenberg to the Future

 

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Ten Books Girls Should Read Before They are 21- Part II

Miss Ellie Mumme joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss "Ten Books Girls Should Read Before They are 21- Part II" 

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What does it mean to be a girl?  How do girls become women?   How might books shape girls into women?

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Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing

 

Suggested reading:

1. Le Morte D’Arthur 
2. Emma
3. Anna Karenina
4. Hannah Coulter 
5. On Immunity 

 

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Coming up: Lutheran Schools in the Valley of the Shadow of Death- Teaching the Children of the Church How to Die Well

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Ten Books Girls Should Read Before They are 21- Part I

Miss Ellie Mumme joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss "Ten Books Girls Should Read Before They are 21." 

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What does it mean to be a girl?  How do girls become women?   How might books shape girls into women?

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Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing

 

Suggested reading:

1. The Red Fairy Book

2. The Chronicles of Narnia

3. The Secret Garden
4. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

5. The Odyssey

    

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Coming up: Ten Books Girls Should Read Before They are 21- Part II

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Singing Their Way to Hell- Our Lutheran Heritage of Hymnody

Mr. Tyler Simpson joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss Lutheran hymnody.

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Why should Lutherans sing?  How do Martin Luther's hymns both equip and encourage God's people?  How are hymns weapons against Satan?

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Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing

 

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Suggested resources:

With Hearts United

Martin Luther: Hymns, Ballads, Chants, Truth

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Coming up next: Ten Books Girls Should Read Before They are 21- Part I with Miss Eleonore Mumme

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O Morning Star! Keeping Epiphany in the home with Mr. Justin Benson

Mr. Justin Benson joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss keeping Epiphany in the home.

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What is Epiphany?  How might Epiphany be observed in the home?

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Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing

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Hymns used in the episode:

O Morning Star How Fair and Bright (LSB 395)
Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (LSB 394)
From God the Father, Virgin Born (LSB 401)
To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord (LSB 406)
Alleluia, Song of Gladness (LSB 417)

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Suggested resources:

Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family

Christmas Spirit

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Coming up next: Singing Their Way to Hell- Our Lutheran Heritage of Hymnody with Mr. Tyler Simpson

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Enduring Memories: Reading Together as a Family

Mrs. Kate Thoelke joins The Wittenberg Hour to discuss reading together as a family.

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Why should families read together?  What are some good books to read as a family?

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Bump music: Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain - Kirk Meyer - Kloria Publishing

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Mrs. Thoelke's list for family reading:

Little Women

An Old Fashioned Girl

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

Trumpet of the Swan

Charlotte's Web

Little House Series

The Chronicles of Narnia

All of a Kind Family

Cheaper by the Dozen

Swift Rivers 

The Turkey Walk

Twenty-One Balloons

The Giver

A Wrinkle in Time

David Copperfield

Jane Eyre

A Christmas Carol

Jane Austen

Bronte

Aesop's Fables

CPH The Story Bible

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Coming up next: O Morning Star!  Keeping Epiphany in the home with Mr. Justin Benson

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