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Pressure Points (April 2013)

With Dr. Bruce Hartung Responding to previous columns, a spate of communications from readers…

Harrison addresses suffering in Holy Week video

In a video for Holy Week 2013, Synod President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison says that with suffering — including the “degradation” Christ suffered through His Passion and death –- “God is doing exactly what He planned.”

Third ‘PRAY’ event set for mid-April

“PRAY2013” — a synodwide event designed to bring LCMS Lutherans together to pray for a variety of topics — is planned for April 18-19 in St. Louis.

April 1 is deadline for ‘Picture-Your-Pastor’ Contest

Time is drawing short to submit entries to the first “Picture-Your-Pastor” Contest sponsored by Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.

Bimler’s ‘Joyfully Aging’ celebrates ‘gift of aging’

Dr. Richard Bimler says his latest book, “Joyfully Aging: A Christian’s Guide,” released last summer by Concordia Publishing House, is intended to help people “celebrate the gift of aging.”

Cochran to receive honor from Concordia, Ann Arbor

William D. Cochran, director of LCMS School Ministry, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Mich., in May and plans to retire June 30.

LCMS, Kazakhstan officials discuss religious freedom

Hoping to learn more about interfaith partnerships and religious freedom in the United States, four Christian and Muslim visitors from Kazakhstan meet with LCMS officials March 8 in St. Louis.

A Theft Turns into a Christian Rehabilitation Center in Mongolia

This post was shared by Rev. Matthew Heise, a missionary to Georgia and Mongolia. He has worked with the local Lutheran church in the region and led Bible studies.

‘Reporter’ website redesign includes RSS feed

Reporter Online, the website of the Synod’s national, monthly newspaper, Reporter, goes “live” with a new, more up-to-date design on Tuesday, March 19.

Grant funds study of seminarians’ financial challenges

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., will use the grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to examine financial aid, student financial literacy and new funding methods, and will share its findings with the church at-large.

Rev. Alan Ludwig, Theological Educator in Siberia, Goes South

According to Rev. Alan Ludwig, “from Siberia just about every direction is south.” Rev. Ludwig teaches at the theological institute of the Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Novosibirsk, Russia, and has been involved in the education there almost from its inaugural year in 1997.