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Keeping Up with the Country’s Changing Map
We in the Missouri Synod need to ask in a serious way: How do we keep up with the changing map of the country?
Paul R. Raabe
November 12, 2026
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Dancing on the Devil’s Grave
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by Rev. William M. Cwirla Halloween has become a major commercial holiday in this country, second in potential profit making ...
The View from Here: Being “Little” Means a Lot
The LCMS
by Dr. Lane R. Seitz This past Sunday I worshiped in one of the smaller congregations in our district. There ...
10 Minutes with…Matt Harrison
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by James H. Heine Rev. Matthew C. Harrison was installed as the 13th president of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Sept. ...
Hope in Jackpot
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by Adriane Dorr Rev. Gary Benedix recently retired from full-time ministry . . . but not really. “I have been ...
A Sleeping-Mat Ministry: Bringing Comfort to the Homeless
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by Sandy Wood From Chicago to Ghana and in between, a ministry carrying Christ’s love and a cushioned place to ...
Lutherans Still Making Impact in New Orleans—and Beyond—Five Years after Katrina
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by Paula Schlueter Ross It’s been five years since the Aug. 29, 2005, landfall of Hurricane Katrina. And today–even with ...


