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‘Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming’: A Hymnwriter Shares His Favorite Christmas Hymn

This hymn beautifully evokes the mystery of the Incarnation that we celebrate each Christmas.

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When you are criticized …

When facing criticism, do you respond with denial? despair? defensiveness? Or do you instead see (and seize) the opportunity to learn and grow?

Student volunteers Brandon Price (left) and Kristi Nowak make sandwiches for the homeless ministry at First Trinity Evangelical–Lutheran Church on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in Pittsburgh. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
Food, clothes and an apartment — for Jesus

Jesus reminds us in Matthew 25 that when we serve our neighbor, we are serving Him. Even more, Jesus directs Christians to see God in those we serve.

Photo credit: Photo by Jerry Kiesewetter on Unsplash
Hope for the hopeless in the new year

Our hope is not in the grinding of the gears on the universal clock that takes us from year into new year. Our hope is in the one, true God.

A handmade holder on a pew used for the disposal of individual communion cups is framed by Christmas trees at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Collinsville, Ill., on Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
Keeping Christmas

“Keep Christ in Christmas!” the billboards and yard signs tell us. But what does it mean for us to keep both “Christ” and “Mass” in Christmas?

Flying with Luther on the 500th

When Victor Nelson flew from Albany to Louisville on Reformation Day, he brought along a costume, a bag of KitKats — and a heart for sharing the Gospel.

The nativity scene at Village Lutheran Church on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2015, in Ladue, Mo. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
Christmas is too good to miss

Even if only five people show up on a sleety Christmas Eve, open the doors. Light candles. Sing. Read Scripture. Preach the Word.

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