By Mary E. Hilgendorf The “Parable of the Talents” told by Jesus in Matt. 25: 14-30 offers incentive, support, and encouragement for people who lead and labor in His service. His words of encouragement for using one’s talents for His…
Dr. Gary Arp of Marion, Iowa, was re-elected to serve his third term as president of the LCMS Iowa East District at its convention June 23-24 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Delegates re-elected Arp, 71, on the first ballot. Also returned to…
By Paula Schlueter Ross Laborers For Christ (LFC) is gearing up for a busy year and can use as many as 100 new people with “a heart for ministry” to help congregations throughout the country tackle building projects. The Synod’s church-construction group,…
Readers of this column continue to respond in unusually large numbers to topics stimulated by the wife of a pastor who wrote about personal concerns of her spirit. Feeling a lack of fulfillment in maintaining her own health and vitality, she…
In their first meeting in at least 10 years, development teams from the Synod’s two seminaries got together with staff from the LCMS Joint Seminary Fund to get to know one another, share strategies, and discuss ways they can work…
Eulogies can be apt The January Reporter (“Letters to the Editor”) raised the question of whether eulogies are appropriate in Lutheran funeral services, such as that of the late Dr. Oswald Hoffmann. I believe the answer is conditioned by the…
Commentary: Lessons from the late ‘Book of Daniel’ By Gene Edward Veith The controversial TV show “The Book of Daniel” has been canceled after only three episodes, making it one of the biggest bombs in television history. Christian activists denounced…
Thanks very much to those of you who responded to the December “Pressure Points” involving the letter from, and my response to, the wife of a pastor of a small, rural church who misses “the largeness of a big church,”…
By Karin L. Semler HONG KONG — Leaders from LCMS partner churches in Asia described how they are embracing the vision of Ablaze! during the first-ever Asia Ablaze! Summit, held here Nov. 25-27. More than 280 Lutheran workers — including…
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…
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…
By Kim Krull Florida’s eighth hurricane in the past 15 months transformed one LCMS church into a refuge for “absolutely weary” evacuees the same day it turned another storm-battered church into a pile of rubble. Our Savior Lutheran Church, in…
By Paula Schlueter Ross Total enrollment at the Synod’s 10 Concordia University System (CUS) schools continues to climb, and this fall’s 18,569 for both undergraduate and graduate programs sets a new record high, with nearly 1,000 more students than last fall. Like…
Bill and Diana Sornborger of Los Angeles are planning to attend their eighth or ninth “Lutherhostel” sponsored by the national Association of Lutheran Older Adults (ALOA), and they have no plans to make it their last. They keep going, says Diana,…
Three Lutheran missionaries — including one from Brazil — have accepted calls to begin evangelistic and human-care work in the Dominican Republic, a West Indies nation sharing a border with Haiti. The missionaries — who were installed at an Aug. 27…
By Joe Isenhower Jr. Rev. Philip Wottrich, pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Covington, La., says three other pastors on a relief team sent by the Synod’s Commission on Ministerial Growth and Support (CMGS) and LCMS World Relief/Human Care after Hurricane…
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