NEW ORLEANS (RNS) — The ritual of washing feet has a deep-seated tie to Holy Week, a symbol of the humility Jesus showed in performing the act for His disciples the day before His death. Craig Taffaro, president of St.…
(RNS) — To the untrained eye, the graceful lilies that arrive on church altars each year on Easter Sunday are a familiar symbol of resurrection and renewal. Like poinsettias on Christmas, it just wouldn’t be Easter without them. But for…
Beginning Tuesday, April 13, Reporter Online offers more religion news in a regular section called “Periscope: Religion news from around the world.” “Periscope” was a feature in The Lutheran Witness magazine in years past that offered condensed versions of religion…
By Seth Hinz This Lenten season, the Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Mich., community completed a project to walk the 6,029 miles from their campus to Calvary — the hill outside ancient Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified. The venture was put…
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of C.F.W. Walther’s birth on Oct. 25, 1811, Concordia Publishing House is offering cash prizes for the best research papers and commemorative sermons and prayers that relate to Walther, the Synod’s first president. The winning…
Representatives from the LCMS and its partner church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti, were among dozens of people who spoke at the funeral of the man known as “the father of Lutheranism in Haiti,” Dr. Doris Jean Louis. Dr.…
“This event in Chile is far worse than ever imagined,” said Rev. Glenn Merritt, director of Disaster Response with LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC), who arrived in Chile March 19 with WR-HC’s Rev. Carlos Hernandez to assess earthquake…
Dr. Richard C. Dickinson is the recipient of the first “Lifetime Achievement Award” given by the Synod’s Black Clergy Caucus. The award was presented by caucus members Feb. 4 at Dickinson’s home in St. Louis. Dickinson, 85, served the Synod…
The names of nominees for Synod president and first through fifth vice-presidents who will be on the ballots for election at this summer’s Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod convention have been announced. Synod Secretary Dr. Raymond Hartwig released the names April 7.…
The nominations process for the offices of President, First Vice-President, and other vice-presidents of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod has been completed. Of those receiving the highest number of nominating votes for the office of President, the following have given their…
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of C.F.W. Walther’s birth on Oct. 25, 1811, Concordia Publishing House is offering cash prizes for the best research papers and commemorative sermons and prayers that relate to Walther, the Synod’s first president. The winning…
By Seth Hinz This Lenten season, the Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Mich., community completed a project to walk the 6,029 miles from their campus to Calvary — the hill outside ancient Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified. The venture was put…
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, will host its eighth annual “Day of Homiletical Reflection” on May 5, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in the seminary’s Clara and Spencer Werner Auditorium. The event is designed for pastors and students involved in homiletical…
The Open Arms conference that was scheduled for April 29-May 1 in St. Paul, Minn., has been tentatively rescheduled. The new date is Sept. 24-26 at the same venue. Lodging and most sessions will be held at the Hilton Minneapolis/St.…
Do you have questions about your faith, doctrinal issues, or theology? For those questions, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., offers “CTS Answers.” Each CTS Answers video is a conversation with one of the seminary’s faculty who shares his expertise…
Dr. Fred L. Kuhlmann, a longtime leader in The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and the St. Louis community, died April 3 at his home in Webster Groves, Mo., a St. Louis suburb. Dr. Kuhlmann, 93, had been suffering from multiple ailments,…
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