If you have never witnessed the impact a Christ-centered 12-step program can have on an individual, it is truly a humbling experience. Vicar Adam Meyer got involved serving in a Recovery Ministry at the Austin Stone early in 2016 and was amazed to witness as people began to encounter God
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I stayed at a new Home2 Suites hotel the other day. It’s a fairly new hotel brand in the Hilton family of hotels. Hilton Worldwide had not launched a new brand in twenty years. So, why the new start? One important reason: new starts reach new people. For under a
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Once in a while, Christians don’t get along with one another. (Probably doesn’t happen in your congregation, but you’ve heard about it, right? Wink.) The end of Acts 15 provides insight on how Christians are to relate to one another when there is a difficult disagreement. The final six verses
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Did you know Legacy Deo (formerly Lutheran Foundation of Texas) supports the Texas District’s mission efforts? Thanks to past generosity of donors in the Lutheran community, Legacy Deo manages forty-six endowments and trusts totaling $6.5 million that ultimately benefit district ministries. Thirty of those accounts provide direct funding to mission
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The sirens had gone off in Borger. Clouds were boiling. In fact, the neighbors on the street had identified one of the two homes that had a basement and most of the families on the block were gathering there. Lynn and I were not. We stood outside watching. We had
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“We’ve just leveled off at our cruising altitude of 32,000 feet and we’re expecting a smooth ride, so I’m going to turn off the ‘fasten seatbelt sign’…” Those words, just spoken by the captain of the jet I’m on as this blog is being written caused me to look
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How’s your to-do list? If you are like many people who desire to serve Jesus in what they do, your list is long, perhaps even unmanageable, and it is filled with many good, even excellent things that you could be doing. It becomes overwhelming and frustrating, to say the least.
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God has blessed the mission and ministry of the Texas District from its beginning to the present time. I am convinced that His blessing will continue in the future. Over the years God has raised up some very strong missionaries to serve in Texas. These missionaries were and are heroes
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The Post-Communion Canticles found in the Lutheran Service Book reflect not only the heart of God, the central focus of the Scriptures, and the core teaching of the Lutheran Confessions, but they also capture our identity during this Advent season and in the partnership we call the Texas District. In
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(This blog is a slightly-edited version of a column I wrote for Area D Connections, July 1, 2013. Some recent experiences cause me to commend these comments to you once again.) Nowhere is Scripture soft on false teaching. And nowhere is Scripture soft on our responsibility to hold to sound
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