The prevailing assumption running through “Priests in Voting Booths” (October 2008) is that the world oil supply will soon run out. I’ve heard estimates that the United States alone has enough oil in its own territory to meet its needs for 150 years, if we would just get serious about drilling it. Uwe Siemon Netto
I want to compliment you for the creative use of two different images to make one image on the cover of the October Lutheran Witness. It was done well! Rev. Glenn Zander St. John Lutheran Church McMinnville, Ore. Please look at page 13 of the October Lutheran Witness. Perhaps this page looks nice to the
I am responding to the October letter in which the writer discussed the reasons for the moral decline in our country. (See the section “God’s Design for Marriage” in the Letters department of the October Lutheran Witness.) I agree that the Church can do more to impact the culture around us. As the writer correctly
Regarding your October mission story, “A New Era”: This past spring, my wife and I were privileged to travel to Russia and the Baltics with an LCMS tour hosted by Rev. Robert Roegner. It was a great experience to see our missionaries in action, but better yet, to see how our partner churches and pastors
December. It’s hard to believe that we are approaching the end of one calendar year and the beginning of another. That with Advent upon us, we have embarked on another journey of faith through the church year.
We returned Aug. 9 from New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, where we saw firsthand the ongoing effects of Hurricane Katrina (“Revisiting Katrina,” September). We stayed at Camp Biloxi and met some of the most wonderful, generous, selfless people you can imagine. Many came with the intention of helping out three or four weeks and
Our circumstances may change, but we always have opportunities to give thanks.
I was happy to read the August story about encouraging young musicians to help with worship in their congregations (“Music to the Ears: Inspiring Children to Enrich Worship”). We have done that in our parish for many years. However, I was disappointed that the article did not mention the Lutheran Summer Music program, which encourages
From Appalachia to Africa, LCMS world Relief and Human Care helps people meet their daily needs.
Regarding editor’s glitches in the September issue of The Lutheran Witness: Page 2 promoted an online presentation by CPH to be held Sept. 11, but we didn’t receive the Witness until after that date. Also, Page 17 used an illustration that I presume was meant to represent music, but several of the “notes” aren’t notes.
The Lutheran Church is certainly not ‘short on saints,’ for in the wider sense, we are all saints together by God’s grace.
For Christians, Advent heralds more than the beginning of the Christmas season.