Many of the more than 300 participants say they hope the first national bioethics conference sponsored by three Lutheran pro-life organizations is not the last. “These aren’t abstract and obscure issues about things going on in some faraway Petri dish. …

Dr. Karl L. Barth of Wauwatosa, Wis., received Concordia Historical Institute’s (CHI) Distinguished Service Award during CHI’s annual awards banquet Nov. 3 at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. The Institute, which is the Synod’s Department of Archives and History, is located on…

By Roland Lovstad “Always to care, never to kill” is a principle that applies to all human embryos, even those developed outside the womb through scientific methods such as in-vitro fertilization, concludes a new report from the LCMS Commission on…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. Lee Brandt says the information he gets at events like this year’s Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) Fall Leadership Conference in California is “amazing.” Brandt, 34, was one of some 700 participating at the conference Nov. 18-20 in…

Dr. Roy K. Holm, who served 22 years as president of Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) Central District, died of pneumonia Nov. 25 at a hospital in Regina, Saskatchewan.  Holm, 69, had battled cancer for the past five years. A public memorial…

Redesigning their Web site and making virtually all district information available online has “opened up a whole new world” for webmaster Pam Krog and members of the Synod’s Iowa District East. Pastors comment “all the time” about how the new site…

Vicar Paul Pal, a Sudanese ministry leader in Columbia Heights, Minn., and a student at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, died Nov. 14 in a car accident while traveling from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to his home in Columbia Heights. Pal, 37, was…

A statement released by the bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya (ELCK) — critical of the Swedish church whose missionaries helped start his own church — has drawn a letter of support from the president of The Lutheran…

The 2005-06 Lutheran World Relief (LWR) Handcraft Project catalog — featuring hundreds of handmade items from artisans around the world — is now available. Included in the full-color catalog are food and home-decor items, baskets, crosses, jewelry, Christmas ornaments, nativity sets,…

John Daniels, former executive director of the International Lutheran Laymen’s League, died of cancer Nov. 10 at his home in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada.  He was 76. A memorial service was held Nov. 15 at Bethel Lutheran Church, Sherwood Park; a…

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, will present its annual Symposia Series Jan. 17-20.  The series includes: the 21st Annual Symposium on Exegetical Theology, which will explore “Justification in the Scriptures: Old and New Challenges to ‘The Doctrine upon which the…

“In Life, in Death, Abide with Me” is the theme of the new “Life Sunday” materials from Lutherans For Life (LFL).  The materials are produced annually to assist congregations in observing “Life Sunday,” which marks the anniversary of the Roe…

Scholar and journalist Dr. Uwe Siemon-Netto joined the faculty of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, in November as scholar in residence and director of the new Concordia Seminary Institute on Lay Vocation.  In the post, Siemon-Netto will offer seminars, lectures, and…

The College of Liberal Arts and Science at Concordia University at Austin, Austin, Texas, seeks applicants for a full-time position in communication.  The position will begin January or August 2006.  The successful candidate will teach Communication Technology, Media Production, Media…

LCMS World Relief/Human Care is accepting donations toward emergency relief for the millions affected by the Oct. 8 earthquake that killed an estimated 80,000 people in South Asia — mostly in Pakistan, and for survivors of flooding and landslides in…

By James Heine Katrina, Rita, and now Wilma.  Tsunamis, earthquakes, tornadoes.  Lives swept away and communities destroyed.  New concerns about a catastrophic worldwide outbreak of the flu. What next? Our daily ration of news is almost universally grim, and it…