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Book Review: "As one Without Authority", Fred Craddock

- February 21, 2024

Craddock, Fred. As One Without Authority (Chalice Press, 2001). In “As one without authority”, Craddock brings forth the Inductive Method in preaching as a new and desired goal for preachers, especially contrasted to the Old Homiletics’ Deductive Method. His main argument seems to be that the Inductive movement in preaching corresponds to the way people ordinarily experience reality (p.66), therefore, it helps preaching to connect to a world that is increasingly accustomed with the weakening of the power of words. Craddock is right when he states that Preaching is a hard job. Either because it is just words or because it is words. It has always been and will always be difficult because it is not easy to communicate in a meaningful way at every level of human interaction. Just talking to people in meaningful way in daily life is not always easy, let alone when one thinks about the task of preaching every week. In t

How you see yourself

- February 16, 2024

"All that matters in life is how you see yourself"

Confessing the Faith

- February 06, 2024

In the Post-Christian Society in which we live confession of faith, especially of the Christian faith, has come into decay. At this time, the Church and Christians are in the duty of explaining themselves again in the foundations of their faith, since the western reference of a Christian God is not a given anymore. Therefore, going back to what Confessionalism means and why it matters becomes needed as a routine activity of the Church. The Lutheran Confessions, even though produced in a different context for a different time, are still helpful to pastors today. However, we want to use them not to answer questions that people of 500 hundred years ago had, but to address what people of today need to hear that is based in our Confessional Writings. For that reason, I open this essay on the topic utilizing an article written by Professor Rev. Arnaldo Schuler presented to the Faculty of the Concordia Seminary in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1986. [1] Then I will discuss some practical aspects

Bio

I am a Canadian-Brazilian pastor living in Port Coquitlam BC, Canada. Graduating from Concordia Seminary in São Leopoldo, Brazil, in 1998, I was ordained by my father, Rev. Curt Albrecht, in Curitiba, Brazil, in January 1999. My first call was to serve at Peace Lutheran Church in Campo Bom, RS, Brazil, from 1999–2004. Preaching, Divine Worship and Music, Youth, Member Visiting and Missionary Work were some of the highlights of that period. I started my work at Ulbra (The Lutheran University of Brazil) in 2004, where I served in different Calls: Canoas Campus Chaplain and church-planter of the Campus outpost of St. Paul's Lutheran Church(2004 to 2007). By late 2007, the new congregation called a full-time pastor. In 2004, I joined Ulbra (The Lutheran University of Brazil) in various capacities: 2004-2007: Chaplain and church planter for the Canoas campus outpost of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. By late 2007, the congregation appointed a full-time pastor. 2008-2011: Resumed campus ministry with a focus on communications, especially the “Toque de Vida” (Touch of Life) Project. This initiative began with a daily TV program and expanded to email devotionals in Portuguese, Spanish, and English; a blog; a radio program; and, in 2014, Toque de Vida Lutheran Church in Canoas. 2012-2015: Head Chaplain for Ulbra Canoas and nationally. During this time, I continued my roles with Toque de Vida, served as assistant pastor at Celsp (2012-2014), volunteered in ministry (2014-2015), and taught high school religion. 2016: Became a professor at Ulbra’s Theology School and Campus Pastor in Canoas, while serving as a volunteer pastor at Toque de Vida Lutheran Church. I was called to serve as Ulbra's Head Chaplain - Canoas and nationwide(2012-2015 term), leading a team of 30 chaplains and 25 teachers and Professors of the Ulbra System in Brazil. During the period, I accumulated the activities of the Toque de Vida Project, Celsp's assistant pastor (2012-2014), Toque de Vida volunteer ministry (2014-2015) and High School teacher (2014). In the year of 2016 I was called as Professor of Ulbra's Theology School and Campus Pastor in Canoas. while also accepting the Call to be one of the "Toque de Vida" Lutheran Church volunteer Pastors in Canoas. In November, 2016 I accepted the call to be Associate Pastor at Mount Olive Lutheran, in Regina, Canada, being installed in February 2017. Teaching and Preaching, Music, Member Visiting, Youth, and Online Ministry are some of the highlights of this period. In August 2023, I accepted the Call to serve at Hope Lutheran Church in Port Coquitlam, BC, where I am serving since October, 2023, working with both Church(Active in Love, Growing in Christ) and School (Equipping each child to impact the world for Christ's glory). Educationally, I earned a Bachelor’s degree in Social Communications-Journalism in 2011, focusing on "The Lutheran Sermon from the Receiver’s Viewpoint." In 2014, I completed a Specialist degree in Human Resources, with a dissertation on "Institutional Values in Hiring in a Confessional Lutheran Institution." My second diploma in Theology from Ulbra came in 2015, alongside a Master’s in Theology from Concordia Seminary, São Leopoldo, with a dissertation titled, “Preaching for Everyone and for No One,” which explored the history and production of the Toque de Vida TV program. In the same year I finished the Masters in Theology at The Concordia Seminary, Sao Leopoldo. The dissertation, "Preaching for everyone and for no one" researched History and production process of the TV Program Toque de Vida. I am currently a student of the Doctor of Ministry Program of the Concordia Seminary St. Louis, USA. I was born in 1975 in Naviraí, MS, Brazil, to Rev. Curt and Ligia Madalena Albrecht, the fourth of nine siblings. I have been married to Djenane Hans since 1997, and we have two children, Charles and Rachel Sophie. My interests include family time, music, leadership, communication, digital ministry, and cooking.