The LCMS
Pursuing history

I commend you on “Mercy, Lutheran Style” by Dollie Raabe (November 2006). It was the first time I had heard of Rev. Johann Friedrich Buenger, who founded the first Lutheran Orphans’ Home. I would like to know whom I could contact to get information on the Lutheran Orphans’ Home in Kansas. My mother and her
Strangers in the Pews

You can help visitors to your congregation feel welcome. Here are some practical thoughts to keep in mind.
Facing Unemployment

by Dr. Leslie (Jack) Fyans I’m facing a layoff at work and am very anxious about what to do. My wife also works, but we can’t make it on her paycheck alone. How can my faith support me during this time? I hear the very real struggle in your question of not being able to

More Hopes and Dreams

Last month, I began to share with you the hopes, dreams, and objectives that I have for the Synod.
The Stem “Sell”

I found Dr. James Lamb’s January article “The Stem Sell’” well written, and I share his opinion. I do not do so lightly. I am affected by Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). CMT is a progressive, genetic neuropathy that affects the peripheral nervous system (hands/arms and feet/legs). Probability states that there are approximately 1,500 other LCMS Lutherans
A Magnificent Question

Meeting students from around the world provides
opportunities to witness. This one began with a question.
Shedding Some Light

One for “Q and A”As a farmer with many tasks that need to be done quickly when weather permits, too often I miss Sunday services. My question is: Is it better for me to sit in church and think about my hay, or for me to sit on a load of hay and think about
Family Counselor: Pornography in the Marriage

by Dr. William B. Knippa I was startled recently when I discovered my husband looking at pornographic Web sites on the Internet. At first he denied it was a problem, but he has since confessed that he has been doing this for quite a while. We are in the process of counseling for this, but
Taking Christ to Cambodia

Gospel doors are opening in this Buddhist country, where the murderous Pol Pot regime and the dream of a Cambodian refugee sparked the start of the country’s first LCMS-affiliated congregation.

The Task at Hand

In response to Rev. Oscar Gerken’s November 2006 comments regarding the supposed error in the Lutheran Service Book, there is no error. From childhood on I have loved singing “take the task He gives you gladly” and have had no trouble understanding that line. There is such a thing as poetic license. That line appears

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