I was very encouraged to read the article “Is God green?” by Pastor Nelson a couple of months ago. My own graduate studies on the topic of “Christianity and Environmental Ethics” lead me to the realization that conservative Christian denominations such as the LCMS have fallen behind in the way of supporting care for creation
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a deluge of misery resulted in a deluge of mercy.
I was perplexed when I read the article about the all white Sunday school class in St. Louis sending literature featuring a white Jesus and other white biblical characters to an all Black Sunday school in Kenya. This on the heels of an article on racism in a previous issue, and even a letter to
Military chaplains, coffee drinkers, African youth. They seem to share little in common, but all are involved in reaching out to people in need with Christ’s mercy.
Five months after a tornado wiped out this small Kansas town, killing 10 residents, Lutherans there thank God for their lives, a new church building and a fresh outlook.
By the time this issue of The Lutheran Witness arrives on your doorstep, many of us will have been thoroughly inundated by all the relentlessly commercial manifestations of the coming Christmastide.
I was perplexed when I read the article about the all white Sunday school class in St. Louis sending literature featuring a white Jesus and other white biblical characters to an all Black Sunday school in Kenya. This on the heels of an article on racism in a previous issue, and even a letter to
I am responding to the letter from Tim Utter (September ’07 Witness). My children do attend public schools that support family values. They are taught respect, kindness, friendliness, tolerance, and integrity through character building programs. A school’s job is to educate, and often that means teaching topics on which we may have different opinions. Excellent
I read with interest the article by Rev. Ronald E. Nelson entitled “Mosaic–a multiethnic multigenerational church start.” I am pleased that the CNH District is making the effort to reach out in this way and also with the “successful” results with 210 people attending the “first celebration event.” I am disturbed, however, by the choice of
In a world with very few evangelism opportunities, Martin Luther had a profound sense of the importance of witnessing to what Christ has done for sinners.
Packing for international travel–especially if it’s a mission trip–is no easy task. But when Christine and Aaron Ferber, members of Immanuel Lutheran Church in St. Charles, Mo., traveled to Honduras to work at a Christian orphanage for five weeks, they decided to take both the Old and New Testament Growing in Christ posters with them.
Developing small groups for outreach can aid and support our evangelism efforts as we speak the Good News to our unchurched friends and neighbors.