Don't Doubt Your Fortune Cookies

     The exact sentence that reveals Semrau's point of this article is "Quite simply, use what you have until it can no long function." The intent that Waldemar Semrau has in writing this article is to encourage people never to give up and waste their lives. Semrau discusses how there are three stages to one's professional life, each being 25 years long. At the age of 75, however, Semrau doesn't plan on ending his career and doing nothing the rest of his life. He intends on "going green", which means working until he no longer can. How will he do this? Semrau thought back to his dream of becoming a surgeon as a child. Now that he retired from his job as an engineer, Waldemar decided to finally follow that dream and go to medical school. Not just any medical school either; Harvard Medical School. All in all, his point of this article is to go green and conserve, reuse, and recycle yourself and your talents, because nothing good should ever go to waste.

     I think that Semrau's writing strategy was effective because by keeping information from the readers, we never fully understand his purpose until all of the facts come together.

Luther's Lyrics

The message being portrayed in the hymm "Savior of the Nations, Come" is how incredible Jesus' coming to Earth was, but more importantly, how miraculous His second coming will be. Luther marvels at the miraculous birth of Him, born to a virgin in a manger, as well as His death, eternal life, and conquering of all sin. A language tool I found being used in this hymm was diction. Luther demonstrates diction by his specific word choices. In the second verse, his use of the word "pure" brings focus on the fact that Jesus was born without original sin. Although He was bore of a woman, He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, making Him pure and perfect. Again in the third verse, Luther uses the word "disowned" to describe how the world treated Jesus. This word helps us understand how so many people would not accept Jesus to be the Savior and Son of God. In the fifth verse, Luther writes "Boundless shall Thy kingdom be, When shall we its glories see?" I think the word "boundless" is a good choice because it reminds us that God's kingdom is so immeasurable and tremendous, and we really don't know when we'll get the privilege to live there with Him.

Sermons & Such

Christ was mentioned 34 times in Rev. Borghardt's sermon.
Verbs used: died, is lamb, lives, rose, is holy, wants you, came, holds you, calling you, reigns


The theme of Edward's sermon was very different from the theme of  Rev. Borghardt's. Edward's sermon had a harsh theme and was meant to inflict fear upon people. He talked about God's wrath and anger, and how He could strike down on us anytime. In contrast, Reverand Borghardt's sermon talked about how great Jesus is. He focused on God's grace, how Christ saves us through his death and through our Baptism. Borghardt's sermon was more joyful and praising towards God. Both of these sermons were meant to bring people to the faith, but was done so in two opposing ways.