If You Please
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
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Partners in the Gospel
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
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One Soul
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
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The Haircut
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
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Trinity Woodlands, Amarillo
Located across the street from an elementary and middle school as well as a fire station, Trinity Woodlands church plant has been the dream of many over a number of
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Four Insights from Life in the Neighborhood
Rev. Landon Ledlow from Redeemer Lutheran Church in Austin sent me a copy of a social media post a few weeks ago. The post was from a man who lives
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Living in the Resurrection Hope
“He is not here; for He is risen as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.” Matt 28: 6. The tomb is empty! Lent, Holy Week and
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The Fall of Notre Dame
Notre Dame cathedral in Paris is burning. By the time you read these words, today’s catastrophe will be scores of news cycles in the past. But today, as I write
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The Path
Yikes! Those are frightening signs, aren’t they? I see them almost every morning—while I’m running—at, of all places, a county park near my home.
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The Gifts of God Through the People of God
The piano music was absolutely beautiful on Sunday. A church member blessed us with his gifts. Every week, I see God’s gifted people pour out a blessing for the church
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