Tithing — A church leader asks if it’s ‘time to talk more’ about it By Philip E. Meinzen Isn’t it time to talk more about tithing? The promise in the tithe, or giving the first one-tenth of our income to…

KURT A GOLCHERT, Sacramento, Calif.; ELIZABETH JACK, Costa Mesa, Calif.; CYNTHIA A. JOHNSON, Costa Mesa, Calif.; PAULA J. KAPELS, Creston, Neb.; ROBIN K. (HEIN) MENCH, Hermantown, Minn.; DIANE L. (HAPPEL) NORDMAN, Barrington, Ill.; LINDA L. SCHROEDER, Batavia, Ill.; and AMY…

Former St. Louis Cardinals football cornerback Roger Wehrli thanked his coaches, teammates, fans, family — and God — at the ceremony to induct the Lutheran into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Aug. 4 in Canton, Ohio. Wehrli, 59, is…

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, is sponsoring several events in September.   They include: its first-ever “Alumni Homecoming” on Monday, Sept. 17.  The daylong celebration — open to former students from all graduating classes of the seminary — begins at 8:30 a.m.…

Thanks to delegates As the wife of a Missouri Synod pastor and the executive director of a domestic violence program in Virginia, I wish to commend the delegates to the 63rd Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod for adopting…

By Kim Krull It was just about two years ago that Rev. Eric Hollar’s home filled with four feet of water, his church sustained major damage and, almost overnight, his Biloxi, Miss., ministry ballooned to include many more homeless and hungry…

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, celebrates the 50th anniversary of its campus Sept. 9. Designed by Finnish architect Eero Saarinen — whose projects include the St. Louis Gateway Arch and Washington’s Dulles International Airport — the Fort Wayne campus opened…

Lutherans are responding with aid and assessments of how to most effectively help after an Aug. 15 magnitude-8 earthquake in Peru left more than 500 people dead, 1,000 more injured, and at least that many homeless. LCMS World Relief and Human…

By Paula Schlueter Ross A man who was helped by a kind and well-loved deaconess with a heart for helping the less fortunate has been arrested for her murder. Benjamin Fish, 47, is being held by police in Wichita, Kan.,…

By Vicki J. Biggs More than 250 adults — ranging in age from 24 to 88 — attended the first-ever LCMS Adult Gathering July 28-Aug. 1 in Orlando, Fla., held in conjunction with the 2007 National LCMS Youth Gathering.  Participants…

By Joe Isenhower Jr. At the 2007 National LCMS Youth Gathering, July 28-Aug. 1 in Orlando, Fla., countless young people and adults slapped exhuberant high-fives with friends and strangers all over the Orange County Convention Center and elsewhere. And in a quieter…

Seven LCMS pastors, professors, and other theologians were among a select group of scholars who presented their work on Martin Luther at the 11th International Congress for Luther Research, July 22-27 in Canoas, Brazil. The men joined 109 Luther scholars…

In an Aug. 13 memo to Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod leaders, Synod President Gerald B. Kieschnick wrote that news of an action of the 2007 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly just two days earlier “troubles me greatly and…

By Paula Schlueter Ross With his church located just two blocks from the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, Rev. David Kind was among the first to see the devastation. Kind, who serves University Lutheran Chapel on the campus of the University…

Former students from all graduating classes of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, are invited to return to the campus for the school’s first-ever “Alumni Homecoming” on Monday, Sept. 17. The daylong celebration begins at 8:30 a.m. with registration and ends after…

Concordia Publishing House has introduced more than two dozen new books for the fall and Christmas seasons. New items include: the Golden Anniversary Edition of Little Visits with God ($12.99, item no. 06-1325), by Allan Hart Jahsmann and Martin P.…