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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.

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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…

Posted On 31 Dec 201329 Dec 2013

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…

Posted On 15 Nov 201315 Nov 2013

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…

Posted On 25 Mar 201323 Mar 2013

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…

Posted On 14 Feb 201312 Feb 2013

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…

Posted On 20 Jun 201220 Jun 2012

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…

Posted On 4 Jun 20125 Jun 2012

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…

Posted On 22 May 201216 Sep 2018

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…

Posted On 7 May 201216 Sep 2018

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. …

Posted On 19 Apr 201216 Sep 2018

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…

Posted On 22 Mar 201216 Sep 2018

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…

Posted On 1 Mar 201216 Sep 2018

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