Author: Mollie

No really! I’m rather surprised the Board for Communications Services is hiring during this period of financial trouble but they just sent out…

I know that pastors are installed around the Synod each and every week but I wanted to highlight one particular installation that is…

One of my dearest friends and her husband lost their baby this week. I’m wondering if anyone has any particularly good resources for…

President Kieschnick was asked about Vice President Dean Nadasdy’s belief — told to the Ohio District convention — that both seminaries should be…

Dan at Necessary Roughness has a helpful post for congregants looking to help families dealing with autism and the challenges it poses for…

Okay, so we’ve been getting some reports coming out of last week’s Ohio District Convention that are interesting, to say the least. President…

From the Hurriyet Daily News: A new show set to grace Turkish television screens will see a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a…

Last year, President Kieschnick claimed that the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod wasn’t divided. Not at all. We were more unified than we’d…

In his June letter to pastors, President Kieschnick says that the Ablaze!(TM) fundraising campaign has brought in $48.1 million in pledges and gifts….

So the new Anglican Church in North America launched this week and heard addresses from Southern Baptist megachurch guru Rick Warren and Orthodox…

I was writing a column about vocation the other day and came across this amazing quote from Luther in his Estate of Marriage:…

Considering how large our church body is, we rarely get any media coverage. Usually this is a blessing since many of the members…

With the decline of the St. Louis Seminary’s financial situation, Uwe Siemon-Netto and his Center for Lutheran Theology and Public Life are moving…

The Washington Post has an interesting story about the work the LCMS is doing to bring Lutheranism to a town overrun with atheists:…

Years ago, President Kieschnick’s supporters billed him as a modern-day Nehemiah. Correspondent Publius Aequillus (probably not his real name) composed some thoughts about…

Whether you suffer or have suffered from depression or simply know one of the many people who do, I heartily recommend “I Trust…

Since I wrote a blog post over at GetReligion about the fact that Dr. George Tiller had been excommunicated from his LCMS congregation,…

Do any of you musical experts out there have any recommendations for beautiful organ compositions on the occasion of a wedding? Bach would…

I really didn’t mean to be away so long and I have a ton of stuff I want to blog about. But first…

Earlier this week, I heard my third report of President Kieschnick’s video presentation to district conventions. I couldn’t believe it. Apparently the video…

The Rev. Tom Chryst has an awesome post to help you see how much you’re under the influence of evangelicalism. He’s taking suggestions…

A friend who works in politics just sent me the following press release that ran across his desk. He thought it was hilarious….

So from Ed Stetzer’s Twitter feed, I learn that another Baptist will be meeting with Synodical leadership tomorrow. Here’s the, uh, tweet: Dinner…