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I wanted to highlight a comment from the Rev. Martin Noland, in a previous post. He explains a bit about what the pool…

I’m hearing that Dean Wenthe, president of Concordia Theological Seminary, has told faculty that he is retiring. Further announcements are forthcoming. Things are…

Paul McCain has a great blog post up about the installation of the Rev. Matthew C. Harrison at Village Lutheran Church in Ladue,…

Usually Augsburg Fortress, the ELCA’s publishing house is in the news for its financial troubles. But I thought some might be interested in…

Via the best First Amendment blog on the internet: Lutheran University Entitled To Title VII Exemption For Religious Hiring; Exemption Cannot Be Waived…

is up over at the Witness, Mercy, Life Together blog. Check it out.

The Rev. Matthew Harrison wrote a note to District Presidents about his acceptance of the call to serve at Village Lutheran in Ladue….

The Rev. Albert Collver has the details. Here’s a brief excerpt: On 17 December 2010, the Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR)…

The Rev. Matthew Harrison, LCMS president, announced this morning the acceptance of the call to serve as assistant pastor of Village Lutheran Church…

The Synod’s Communications team has published a report on the latest board meeting. You can read the whole thing but here are a…

A neighbor of mine recently asked for advice on what to get her pastor for Christmas. I’m a pastor’s kid, so I was…

One of the many frustrations confessional Lutherans had in recent years was the bizarre official synodical support shown for programs that could hardly…

For many years, The Lutheran Witness was seen as a publication in decline. The articles were treacly more than engrossing. And they weren’t…

One of the things that my secular friends have difficulty understanding is the Biblical model of marriage. They think it’s bizarre that my…

I’ve been noodling over this for a while but thought I’d throw it out to you all, since you always have such good…

I just heard that Village Lutheran Church in Ladue, Missouri, called the Rev. Matthew Harrison as assistant pastor. Why would our Synodical President…

I’m a big fan of Dr. Gene Veith, who lives in Virginia and is a provost at Patrick Henry College. The Washington Examiner…

I wrote an article for Thrivent a few months ago about Lutheran hymnody and had the opportunity to interview some experts on the…

The Synod’s Communications Department has put together some early resources that you can download for your own use. Here’s how they explain the…

I’m still on a high from last week’s beautiful installation service at the chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus at Concordia Seminary…

Last week also marked the first meetings of the newly formed International and National Mission Boards. I have no doubt that these boards…

Rev. Paul McCain has some great pics and footage of today’s installation service of President Matthew Harrison’s staff. Go check them out. A…

Well this is cool. Via Paul McCain, I found President Matthew Harrison’s three-fold emphases for our work together as the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod:…