Google Maps tells me that it’s a little over 100 miles from The Grove, Texas to Serbin, Texas. The drive time today is about one hour and forty-five minutes. When Carl and William Winkler relocated The Grove around 1870, they didn’t have the benefit of paved roads or automobiles, so it was probably around a …
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of the Grove, Texas at Sunset Read More »
In the nineteenth century, leaving your home and relocating across the ocean was a pretty big deal. Peter Zieschang did so– not once, but twice! First, in the 1850s, he joined some of his Wendish compatriots and established the Hochkirch (German for “high church”) community near Victoria in Australia. However, things did not go well …
“Alleluia!” now we cry to our King immortal, who, triumphant, burst the bars of the tomb’s dark portal; “Alleluia!” with the Son, God the Father praising; “Alleluia!” yet again to the Spirit raising. Christ is risen! (The light coming through the stained glass window over the door was in JUST the right spot when we …
Easter at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Serbin, Texas Read More »
This is the courtroom of the beautiful 1899 Lee County Courthouse in Giddings, Texas. It is on the second (and third, if you count the balcony) floors, and is on the south side of the building. The inside of this building is just as remarkable as the outside and is chock full of historic photographs …
I sent this to my parents and said, “This is what you miss out on when you don’t come to Texas in the spring!” They claim not to have received it, but I think they are in denial.
Imagine this… it’s 1873. You’ve just graduated from the Pilgrim Mission Training School in St. Chrischona, Switzerland, and you’ve received your first assignment. It’s to a tiny new congregation in very rural (and undeveloped) Texas. That’s the situation the Rev. Johann Christian Eduard Zapf found himself in. He was assigned to Holy Cross Lutheran Church …
Rev. Johann Christian Eduard Zapf – Lutheran Pastor Read More »