Gospel Notes for Rorate Coeli (Advent 4)
The Gospel Notes for Advent 4 of the Historic One-Year Lectionary is now available. You may download the Color PDF, the Black and…
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Gospel Notes for Gaudete (Advent 3)
The Gospel Notes for Advent 3 of the Historic One-Year Lectionary is now available. You may download the Color PDF, the Black and…
Gospel Notes for Populus Zion (Advent 2)
The Gospel Notes for Advent 2 of the Historic One-Year Lectionary is now available. You may download the Color PDF, the Black and…
Gospel Notes for Ad Te Levavi (Advent 1)
The Gospel Notes for Advent 1 of the Historic One-Year Lectionary is now available. You may download the Color PDF or the Black…
Thoughts by a Concerned Layman on the Diaconate…
Here’s a submission from a Concerned Layman: Before I begin in earnest, let me say that I am not a pastor, nor am…
Great Stuff — How to make your church irresistible
by Earle D. Treptow Found over on WELS.net: Did it work? Did the title grab your attention and compel you to read?…
Sermon — Pr. Alan Taylor — As I Ought to Speak
This sermon was posted on LutheranSermon.com, a website that allows pastors to post their sermons. This sermon by Rev. Alan Taylor was preached…
Great Stuff — Desperate Times don’t Demand Desperate Measures – Keep Calm and Reform On
Found over on blogs.LCMS.org: There is no doubt this was a difficult Summer for Christians in America. It felt like one blow…
Great Stuff — Jesus didn’t say homosexuality and same sex marriage are wrong?
Found over on Pastor Mark Surburg’s blog: In discussions about homosexuality and same sex marriage, you will often encounter people who deliver…
Great Stuff — The LCMS Calls a Post a Post
Found over on Chronicles Magazine: By:Aaron D. Wolf If the role of religion in America today is to teach the faithful to…
Nothing to Give Except Jesus: A Vicarage Retrospective
Greetings! My name is Jacob Hercamp and I am a vicar finishing up my year of “servitude” in a congregation that I have…
Great Stuff — Was John Tietjen Right?
Found over on Pastor Lincoln Winter’s blog, Musings of a Country Pastor: Of course not. The man was a heretic, and his…
Survey of the Synod – Time for an Evaluation?
Many Districts encourage congregations to survey their members about the status of their congregation and the quality and character of their pastor’s work. It…
Justin Schwarz Update
Thanks to all who have been praying to Our Father for Justin Schwarz. Justin’s surgery was successful, the bypass has new blood flow…
Guest Post — Out of Place Pastors and Hearers
Guest Post by Rev. Jonathan Boehne, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in El Paso, IL. Everyone has their place to serve God. Luther…
Great Stuff — Reflections on the Fall of a Pastor
Posted over on JoshuaTheilen.blogspot.com: Tullian Tchividjian, the well known pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, has resigned his position. According to his…
Notes from the Mission Field: Persecution, Preaching, Teaching, and Translating
Originally published by Lutherans in Africa: Sudanese Refugees Last month, I began the newsletter talking about the situation in Dadaab Refugee Camp which…
Guest Article — Pastor James Moshier — Spring Pastor’s Conference, Kearney, NE
The following was submitted to us for publication. We welcome reader submissions and often publish them. Thank you Pr. Moshier for your faithful…
Good Thoughts on Recent Worship Debates
Guest article by Pr. Willis McCall Christ comes to you through the means of grace: Word and Sacrament. Every Lutheran with even the…
Best Practices for “Ministry”? Report from Rev. Brian Flamme
The “Best Practices for Ministry” description is brief on the convention website. “A FREE conference encouraging pastors, church workers and lay people as…
Letter to Pastors – First Sunday in Lent
Found over on LCMS.org: The First Sunday in Lent, A.D. 2015 Dearest Brothers in the Office: I greet you in the name…
Guest Post from Pastor Bolland — It’s Time for the ACELC
This was original added as a comment on another post. We watched it all happen. Over the decades we watched it all,…
Safe in the North-West
(Rev. Otten has written several articles over the years under the category “Steadfast Lessons from the Past.”) DE JA VU or SAFE IN…
January 2015: Focus on International Mission
Found over on Video.LCMS.org: Throughout January, the LCMS focuses on international mission. In the 121 years since the LCMS sents its first…
Talking with little ones about the Sixth — Guest post by Holly Scheer
The Sixth Commandment isn’t less relevant with on demand sex around every virtual corner In the not-so-distant past pornography was disseminated in print…