by Dr. William B. Knippa My husband and I are in our late seventies and are preparing what we think will be our last will. Regarding our funeral plans, one daughter thinks we should be cremated (it’s less expensive, less stressful for family, etc.), but our other daughter wants us to be buried. Neither of …
I am a lifelong Lutheran, have been confirmed, attended a Lutheran college, and teach in a Lutheran high school. In all my years of asking I have yet to receive an adequate answer to the question about one simple word: “again.” In the Apostles’ Creed, we say that Jesus “rose again from the dead.” My …
We asked current students to tell us what they like about Saint Paul Lutheran High School. Read their responses.
A momentary distraction at a cinema box office leads to an important reminder about atonement and reconciliation.
Your hometown may be just as much a mission field as a community half a world away.
In sickness or in health, we can witness daily to our faith and to the blessing of eternal life we have all received.
April marks the beginning of spring. The combination of springtime sights, sounds, and smells in God’s creation reminds us of new life and new hope.
by Roland Lovstad “We envisioned a training center that would partner with the Missouri District, a center that would touch areas of rural and small-town ministry but also assist professional church workers and lay leaders wherever they need assistance in ministry.” That’s how Dr. Ralph Geisler describes the Saint Paul Institute for Education (SPIFE). Geisler, …
A chance encounter leads to a ‘Spirit-bred, Lord-led friendship.’
Bordered by farmland in rural Concordia, Mo., Saint Paul Lutheran High School is both intimate and surprisingly international.
Many of us retain a Norman Rockwell-like image of smalltown America as a bulwark of wholesome values and the Christian faith, in our case, the Lutheran Christian faith.
This month our focus is twofold: (1) our Concordia University System and (2) the work of LCMS World Relief and Human Care here at home and abroad.