I was so pleased to read the article in the August Lutheran Witness about Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Detroit. I am 81 years old, and I was confirmed and married at Bethlehem in 1946. I also attended Maybury School, which was mentioned in the article. Our first son, Jim, was baptized at Bethlehem, and shortly
We agree with all the helpful influences in the sidebar article to your June/July cover story, “Fathers and Sons,” but we feel you have left out an extremely important one, the influence of the heavenly Father in a single-parent home. Our daughter often reminds her daughter of how their heavenly Father has taken care of
Dave Reichert pursued the country’s most notorious serial killer for two decades. Then, he did something few law-enforcement officers would care to do: He shared with the murderer a message of forgiveness. by Paula Schlueter Ross King County Sheriff Dave Reichert sat across the table from a man he has called “pure evil”–a man who
As a mother of small children, I do not agree with Mrs. Curtis’ June/July opinion about the presence of young children and how their noise level should be handled in church (“Hosanna, Loud Hosanna!”). I do not view my 13-month-old’s voice as “noise pollution.” He is old enough to understand that if he fusses he
Celebrating the gifts God gives to His church.
Many thanks to Tom Ramsdell for revealing to us in the June/July issue that our blessed Lord is neither humane nor compassionate: “The vegetarian/vegan way of life is the truly humane, compassionate way of life.” Let’s check the record: Gen. 9:3: “Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all
Eight Lutherans working in the limelight talk about how their faith informs their work.
I just read “Uncovering History,” the June/July Lutheran Witness article about Rev. Franz Julius Biltz and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Concordia, Mo. In July, our granddaughter, Layla Denine Oetting, was baptized at St. Paul’s, becoming the sixth consecutive generation of Oettings to be baptized there. Layla’s great-great-great-great grandparents, Christian and Marie Knigge Oetting, homesteaded
All Kinds of Churches to Reach All Kinds of People.
by Dr. Leslie (Jack) Fyans Earlier this summer, the news was filled with stories about the deaths of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. The international attention this generated was astounding, even for a former Jackson fan like me! I have compassion for the loved ones of these celebrities, but I wonder how we can help
Church planting is just one facet of the Synod’s worldwide evangelism effort known as “Ablaze!”
An Errant Quest A badly bruised knight returned to the castle of his lord after a long and arduous quest. He was a mess. His armor was dented, his helmet askew, his face scarred, and his lance broken. His horse limped, and the knight himself listed slightly in the saddle. His lord saw him coming