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The online musings from pastors, theologians and laity that will help you see the world from a Lutheran perspective.
The River and the Vessel: Transmitting Faith from Generation to Generation
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not a Western export, nor an African possession, nor an American commodity. It is a divine proclamation that transcends cultural barriers because it addresses the universal human condition and its cure — sin and grace, death and resurrection.
Samuel Deressa
July 28, 2026
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Distance Education Fosters Ministry to Hmong People
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by Sandy Wood Dr. Lang Yang’s story highlights how a flexible, non-traditional route to ordination is expanding the ethnic diversity ...
Equipped for Hawaiian Ministry
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by Sandy Wood Becoming a pastor of a church in Hawaii was not what Rev. Joshua Schneider had in mind ...
Working in Partnership to Assist Haitians
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by Kim Plummer Krull Many Lutheran partners are working cooperatively with LCMS World Relief and Human Care (LCMS WR-HC), LCMS ...
Being Prepared, Lending a Hand
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by Kim Plummer Krull The Haiti earthquake makes us think about how we can help suffering survivors and also about ...
When ‘Wanting to Do the Right Thing’ Might Get You in Trouble
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Haiti, Volunteerism, and a Desire to Help Commentary by Albert B. Collver III and Daniel Mattson The earthquake in Haiti ...
‘Loaded With Opportunities’
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Three rural LCMS congregations in Kansas and Nebraska share their stories.



