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Don Heller listens during preaching at Divine Service on Sunday, April 14, 2024, at Epiphany Lutheran Church in Bastrop, Texas. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
Even to Old Age and Gray Hairs: The Meaning of Life at Every Age
When a man is young, he may feel like he can take on the world. Each day seems to open up to countless blessings. For many elderly Christians, however, life feels like a burden rather than a blessing. Thankfully, our Lord does not leave us without hope in our weakness. His Word declares His unwavering ...

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Beware of spiritual Trojan horses
Whenever we consume media — even Christian media — we should be carefully asking ourselves: What is the source? What is the writer’s theology? What ...
Diversity in unity at Pentecost
"After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing ...
The Rev. Gary Schuschke, associate pastor, baptizes Londynn Levin as her mother Melissa Levin holds her at St. Luke's Lutheran Church on Sunday, March 6, 2016, in Oviedo, Fla. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
For Mom
This is for you, Mom, because motherhood isn’t easy. Motherhood is a holy office. It has God’s blessing, plus a lot of sacrificial labor. 
Caring, not killing, in a throwaway society
The Church is not a throwaway society — quite the opposite. In God’s economy there is no person pointless enough to throw away.
Being someone’s someone
It is a fine thing — a very fine thing — to consider those around you as essential contributors to your identity. Not everyone is ...
The most influential book
The answers to life's biggest questions and challenges aren't to be found in yet one more new book, but in one very, very old one.
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