I’m in Winnipeg, serving as the essayist for the national convention of the Lutheran Church-Canada. My topic is vocation. I’ll be blogging as I can.
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June 5th, 2008 | Personal
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Gene Edward Veith is the Provost and Professor of Literature at Patrick Henry College, the Director of the Cranach Institute at Concordia Theological Seminary, a columnist for World Magazine and TableTalk, and the author of 18 books on different facets of Christianity & Culture.
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Lucas Cranach, self portrait c.1530.
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About Lucas Cranach
Lucas Cranach was the great artist of the Reformation. He was a close friend of Martin Luther. He was a businessman, who first printed Luther's translation of the Bible; a politician, who served on the Wittenberg town council and served the city as its mayor; a chemist, who operated a pharmacy; a teacher, who trained a host of apprentice artists; a family-man, who helped arrange Luther's marriage with the two men serving as the godfathers of each other's children; and an active layman in his church, who gave his pastors important personal and material support. As a Christian who lived out his faith in his many different callings, Cranach thus embodies the Reformation doctrine of vocation, using the gifts God had given him in service to Christ and his neighbor in the church, the family, the workplace, and the culture. In the spirit of Lucas Cranach, this blog will discuss wide-ranging issues of Christianity and culture with a Lutheran twist.
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Tell them it should be no one’s vocation to put gravy on french fries.
Or vinegar on potato chips. My Canadian grandmother used to proudly point out to me, at Safeway, all the foods that we couldn’t get in America. She should have won a medal for proud Canadian of the century.
Don’t pass up Tim Horton’s donut shops.
Oh, and if you see my Uncle George from Halifax, say hello. (Had to add that because as a Canadian in the U.S. I’ve been asked if I know so-and-so in Ontario, etc.)
People used to ask me if I was Canadian. I would always have to explain the difference between Canadian and Northeastern Wisconsinites/Uppers. Its pretty simple. Canadians end the sentence with Eh and Uppers start the sentence with Eh.
Canadian: Wanna grab a beer, Eh?
NEW/Upper: Eh, wanna grab a beer?
When I lived in Texas, I once was asked if I was from Canada. I was taking in a presentation by Lawrence Lessig at an intellectual property conference at the UT School of Law, where I worked. (Look! Tie-in to another of today’s posts.) After we had chatted a bit, the law professor sitting next to me asked the offending question. I mean, really, my accent’s not that bad, ya know. My Texan husband, who likes to make fun of my Wisconsin accent, thought it was hilarious.
Oh yes, please stop at Tim Hortons! The nearest one is 6 hours away for me. The best fast food (that’s really not fast food) in the country!
My dad’s side of the family is Canadian and it is pretty easy to end up adding “eh” to the end of your sentences after even a short visit.
Enjoy a cold Labatt’s Blue, too!
It was great to meet you at the convention. I’m sorry I didn’t go out for blues night!
I was glad to meet you too, Alex (a blogger I’ve long read: See Beggar at the Table. Sorry to have missed your wife Kelly (another blogger I’m a fan of–also an artist and cartoonist: See here. I didn’t even know you guys were Canadian!
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