One of the features of our backyard is birdbaths. We have two of them. And with the birdbaths come birds. All kinds of them. While the high flying Canadian Geese and various duck species pass over and ignore the offer of water in our birdbaths, they do attract many other
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It’s been all over the news. Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, together with his daughter Gianna and seven others died untimely deaths in a helicopter crash last Sunday. The outpouring of emotion and the tributes to those who died have been very moving. When
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When I was in the fifth grade, I memorized a limerick about Iran: There once was a girl from Iran Who had trouble in finding a man It was funny you see Until she spotted me Then I ran and I ran and I ran When I was in the
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It almost goes without saying that growing up in Northern Minnesota meant lakes. One could count on them for recreation in any and all seasons. Boating, fishing, water skiing, snowmobiling, and just relaxing about the lake was a way of life. And there were at least 10,000 of them from
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As the season of Lent draws near, I would like to invite you to join me again this year in a day of repentance on Ash Wednesday, February 26th. As Martin Luther noted in the first of his ninety-five theses: “When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, ‘Repent’ (Mt
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At the Vision for Africa vision clinic in the rural community of Kongasis, a woman who was nine months pregnant came in from the bush in order to receive eyeglasses. People flock to these “eye camps” because there is such a shortage of eye care in Kenya – only one
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How do seminary students become interested in church planting? How do we identify students who might be church planters? The answers to those questions may lie in a project piloted by the Texas District in cooperation with Concordia Seminary, St. Louis and Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne. The district conducted
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This fall Rev. Philip Doublestein joined the team of LINC San Antonio, with the prayerful intention of starting a new church in this fast-growing city. Although a specific location for the new church has not been determined, two primary populations within the metropolitan area have been identified: Brooks (City Base)
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Grandma Eva was baptized at age 83 on Sept. 22, 2019, by Pastor Richard Mittwede, Missionary/Campus Pastor of University Lutheran Church, Austin, Texas. After coming to America many years ago, Grandma attended various churches and Bible classes and came to know the Gospel, who Jesus really is and what He
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What are the giants that threaten the Christian Church today? Atheism? Secularism? Materialism? Self-indulgence? Ego? Immorality? Lethargy and Apathy? A culture of death and violence? A context of division and hatred? An aging church? The lack of resources? Lives that claim to be Christian but live as if Christ makes
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