Putting St. Nicholas Back in Christmas
Meet St. Nicholas, the Christian bishop who gave rise to the modern-day Santa Claus.
What’s Your Part?
The LCMS unique gift and task is to bear witness to Christ. How can you take part?
To the Reader
by Adriane Dorr Christmas is not about presents, trees, reindeer and eggnog. It is not about travel plans, fruitcake and ugly sweaters. It is about Christ. It is about God becoming man in the child Jesus. But Christmas does not leave Jesus in the manger. Indeed, Christmas would have no meaning if Jesus never grew …
The Missouri Synod Needs Advent
LCMS President Matthew C. Harrison calls for repentance and prayer this Advent.
10 Minutes With … Rev. Jeff Williams (web exclusive story)
by Adriane Dorr Chaplain Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Williams was raised in the western suburbs of Chicago. While in third grade, he decided he wanted to become a pastor, and he did, graduating in 1992 from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne. Rev. Williams served congregations in Kansas, Wisconsin and Colorado and then on the faculty of …
10 Minutes With … Rev. Jeff Williams (web exclusive story) Read More »
Lutheran Witness: December 2011
Join with us in celebrating the incarnation—and Christ’s death and resurrection too—in the December issue of The Lutheran Witness.
The War isnt Over Over Here (Web-exclusive story)
Commentary by Rev. Dr. Mark J. Schreiber Military planners have often remarked that the best of battle plans never survive first contact with the enemy. No matter how thorough the military strategist, no matter how penetrating the intelligence, no matter how long the experience of the war-gamer, all contingencies and possible responses can never be …
The War isnt Over Over Here (Web-exclusive story) Read More »
10 Minutes with . . . Doris Knuth (web exclusive story)
by Melanie Ave In this interview, Doris Knuth, director of the Concordia University Chicago Early Childhood Education Center, explains the many benefits of a Lutheran education, particularly in the lives of the very young. Congregations and Christian day schools within The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) operate more than 2,200 early childhood centers and preschools nationwide, …
10 Minutes with . . . Doris Knuth (web exclusive story) Read More »
Timely and timeless
The Lutheran Witness (September) issue on the Maier Minutes was both timely and timeless. The Maier menboth Dr. “Wam” and son, Dr. Paulin their lives, books and Jesus perspectives, for almost a century, can give insight about the tumultuous times of our own interim where fear, terrorism, demonic torments and uncertainty mark our days and …
10 Minutes with . . . Tim Goeglein (web exclusive story)
by Adriane Dorr Tim Goeglein thrives on communication. An Indiana University, Bloomington journalism graduate, Goeglein kickstarted his career at an NBC affiliate station in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He later worked in Washington, D.C. as deputy press secretary and eventually as communications director for Indiana Senator Dan Coats. He then served as special assistant to the …
10 Minutes with . . . Tim Goeglein (web exclusive story) Read More »
The Family Restored
Thanks to Baptism, we are all adopted children of the heavenly Father!
Affirming Life in All Its Forms
How are Recognized Service Organizations of the LCMS influencing the culture with words of mercy and life?