(RNS) — Most Americans have a desire for more forgiveness in their lives, but they are more critical when choosing who to forgive, according to a new survey. Sixty-two percent of American adults said they need more forgiveness in their…

In his new book The Calling: Live a Life of Significance, Dr. Kurt Senske offers a new perspective on living a fuller life through service to others. “Other self-help books are designed to help us help ourselves to get what…

Twelve positions at the LCMS International Center in St. Louis will be eliminated Dec. 1, as the restructuring mandated by this summer’s Synod convention begins. The 12 positions are being phased out as the Office of the President begins taking…

By Paula Schlueter Ross Missionary Erin Mackenzie says she was “very excited” to hear that a photo she took — of an American teenager hugging a young Mexican boy — received the most votes in the Facebook-based LCMS World Mission…

By Kim Plummer Krull After members of Faith Lutheran Church participated in a workshop to better tune into needs in their Groton, Conn., neighborhood, the congregation started a food kitchen that now serves more than 75 families weekly. Two years…

A new exhibit of Concordia Historical Institute’s (CHI) 41 prints from woodcuts by Albrecht Durer is on display through 2011 at the Institute’s building on the campus of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Titled “Albrecht Durer: Master Woodcut Artist of the German…

LCMS Life Ministries and Lutherans For Life (LFL) both are offering resources designed to help congregations observe “Life Sunday” on Jan. 16 or Jan. 23 — a date closer to the anniversary date of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Jan. 22,…

The 2010 children’s Christmas program from Concordia Publishing House, “God’s Love at Christmas,” is based on the children’s Christmas hymn, “God Loves Me Dearly.”  The hymn was originally written in 1852 by Rev. August Rische, a German Lutheran pastor who was working with…

By Gene Edward Veith Do atheists know more about religion than religious people do?  That was the conclusion of recent news reports on the U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, which released…

By Albert B. Collver On Oct. 28, a delegation from the LCMS consisting of Dr. Albert Collver, the Synod’s director of Church Relations — assistant to the president; Dr. Joel Lehenbauer, executive director of the LCMS Commission on Theology and…

NEW ORLEANS (RNS) — Even with the deep-sea oil hemorrhage halted and much of the fishing in the Gulf of Mexico reopened, major charity groups say the needs of impacted families remain dire. Officials from the local affiliates of Second…

(RNS) — When asked about Christianity’s recent contributions to society, Americans cited more negatives than benefits, according to a new survey. The negative contribution cited most was hatred or violence in the name of Jesus, according to the Barna Group…

LCMS World Mission is seeking two short-term missionaries to serve as soon as possible in Slovakia. The missionaries would serve for about three months as English teachers at a high school in Kosice, Slovakia.  Duties will include teaching English grammar,…

The completion of the first phase of a 45,000-square-foot expansion of the Walther Library at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, will give the institution more space for library services than it has had since the seminary moved in 1976 from…

Two Concordia University System schools have received major grants from the U.S. Department of Education. Concordia College, Selma, Ala., is one of 96 historically black schools that were awarded grants in the Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program. The…

By Kim Plummer Krull Ten months after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti, news stories report how little has changed, including that more than 1 million survivors remain homeless and that none of the U.S. government’s pledged $1.15 billion in…