Author: Mollie

Sometimes we focus on things that aren’t managed well at Synodical headquarters. But we should also note things that are done well. I…

I am back with an update on the attempt in Northern Virginia to fund the launch of a Cub Scout troop with Ablaze!…

So I was reading in the LCMS Reporter that the Ablaze! counter was bumped up by adding any children from the past three…

Washington Post: Churches Retool Mission Trips Work Abroad Criticized for High Cost and Lack of Value Wall Street Journal: The ‘Great Commission’ or…

As mentioned the other day, the October Reporter contains an article titled “Issues, Etc.” The article reports “an agreement has been reached” between…

The “Board Briefs” article in the print edition of the October Reporter on the request for the “Issues, Etc.” name is fiction. It…

Remember the various explanations developed by Board for Communication Services Executive Director David Strand as to why Issues, Etc. was canceled? Remember how…

1) I’m on a committee at church that runs a small bookstore. We are hoping to offer a small selection of CPH books…

So I hear that the LCMS has obtained a legal trademark on the phrase: HIS LOVE IS HERE FOR YOU ® When I…

Here’s an interesting update from the August 21-22 Board of Directors meeting: 70. Fan Into Flame Report Jeff Craig-Meyer, Associate Executive Director of…

Could we discuss the theology included in this Reporter story: Mark Couser, 26, has been working with the Lutheran Inner-City Network Coalition (LINC)…

I think the Ablaze! folks should check this out. Why duplicate efforts?

There was an interesting story in The Reporter the other day: In other actions, the Board: authorized its general counsel to prepare a…

Pastor Joel Brondos has written a fascinating test that analyzes the theology of the Ablaze! movement by offering side-by-side statements. The first statement…

Check it out here. Update: A reader sends along his highlights from an initial reading: No more decision making boards in the Synod….

So now that Kari Jobe (who I’m sure is very nice and dedicated but not, you know, Lutheran) is no longer the “lead…

I found out a little bit more about the KFUO budget situation. Recently we discussed how odd it is that the 2008/2009 budget…

Recently we discussed how odd it was that the KFUO budget would increase for the coming year when David Strand claimed that Issues,…

Mollie here. Remember how David Strand claimed that Issues, Etc. was terminated for “programmatic” reasons? Remember how everybody wondered what in the heck…