Sometimes things that “go without saying” actually need to be said. My responsibilities of late have required me to review some material that could be utilized by congregations and pastors to help people live financially generous lives. There is much that is good about the material, to the point that
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Our back yard is bad. But it’s getting better. Here’s how. Actually, for the most part, it’s a great back yard. There are trees and bushes, flowers and flora one or more of which seem to be in a bloom cycle all year round. This is true even during winter.
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This year we are blessed to have five new school administrators for the 2019-2020 school year. Last school year (2018-2019) we had 19 new administrators, 10 principals, and nine early childhood directors. Of the 10 principals, seven of the 10 were the first person our schools called, and the other
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Where I live I cannot receive a television signal from a local TV station. It is just too far away. My options for connecting to the world are either cable or satellite. We have chosen satellite for TV. I know that this is not a big deal except that to
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Made possible by connections through LCMS Pastor Solomon Yadessa and the North Texas Multi-ethnic Ministry, St. Paul Lutheran in Fort Worth is engaging in Gospel-centered relationships with Ethiopian immigrant families from the Anyuak ethnic group. For the past year, St. Paul members, elders, and pastors have been connecting regularly with
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Hope said to a friend, “You know, before we think about having a family, we want to make sure we have a nice house, we have enough money set aside for major repairs, we take time to enjoy great meals and outings together, we contribute resources to some charitable causes,
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There’s an expression sometimes shared among church planters: “What you do to get ‘em here, you gotta do to keep ‘em here.” In other words, if you plan to gain new members by catering to their every whim… well, you’d better get used to that. Or they’ll soon be gone.
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The Texas District Office of School Ministry has been blessed over the years by the partnerships we developed with other Lutheran organizations. This year one of those partners, The Association of Lutheran Secondary Schools (ALSS), begun a new program designed to raise up the next generation of secondary leaders. The
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His property was only a block from the northern Minnesota elementary school named Churchill and catty-cornered from my home. I don’t remember the man’s name. I only recall a vague image. Thin. Gaunt. Dark. Sad. Angry. Addled. Many children passed his property on the walk home. Many, when they walked
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I got my hair cut the other day. I knew the girl who cut my hair from previous visits to the shop. She is attending a local community college and is studying creative writing and journalism. When I sat in the chair, I asked her how her writing was going.
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