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Associate Editor’s Note: The following was written for the newsletter of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Long Prairie, MN (Independent) which is served by…
Author: Pastor Nathan Higgins
Pastor Higgins was a member of the Bemidji Circuit (one of the best in MNN) of the Minnesota North District when Pastor Joshua Scheer served as a pastor up there in the northland. He is also one of the assistant editors that produced Treasury of Daily Prayer for CPH. The Rev’d Nathan W. Higgins is a 2002 graduate of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has served as Pastor at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Long Prairie, Minnesota (emmlp.org) since December 2008 and has participated for many years in the Lutheran Mission Association (lmamnn.org) which provides relief in Haiti.
Why Does God Allow Disasters and Suffering?
The most recent issue of Lutherans Engage the World (Nov. – Dec. 2013, Volume 2, Number 2) features a ‘Meet and Greet’ with…
Celebrating the Passover Seder
I always find it remarkable how many Christians are drawn to celebrate a ‘Passover Seder’. Around this time of year, I usually start…
Responding to National Tragedy
Perhaps the best way to respond to a national tragedy – or any kind of tragedy, is with mourning, repentance, and faith. One…
Minnesota Lutherans Divided Over Proposed Marriage Amendment
Here in Minnesota, we will be voting in November on the “Marriage Protection Amendment” to our State Constitution. If passed, this Amendment will…
Grape Juice (Communion in One Kind — Part Two)
Having been encouraged to study the Book of Concord (see my previous post), my Wednesday evening adult Bible class turned to Luther’s Small…
Minnesota North Encourages Its Congregations to Study the Book of Concord (Communion in One Kind — Part One)
One feature of District and Synodical Conventions is the “mom and apple pie” resolution. These are the kinds of resolutions that no sensible…
Liturgical Colors in Leipzig
Using color to mark times and seasons of the Church Year is nothing new to most of us. The idea of using liturgical…
Hurry Up and Give the Benediction Already
When you talk to some people, you might get the impression that they view their attendance at church services simply as an obligation. …
Steadfast in Worship — Three Words about Worship in the Lutheran Confessions
I would like to spend a little time with three words mentioned by Pastor Martin Noland in his response (comment #32) to my…
Steadfast in Worship — Considering all of the Confessions.
When I became a pastor in the Lutheran Church, I said that I would perform the duties of my office in accordance with…