This year, for the first time, WELS high school students were specially invited to attend the WELS National Conference on Lutheran Leadership in Chicago. Sixty-one teenagers from ten area Lutheran high schools attended keynotes and breakout sessions, participated in mixers, and went to Navy Pier for an evening of teen-only fun and fellowship. One of […]
One for all
By Stephen G. Helwig
Jesus’ hands are never tied
By Andrew Schroer
Cleansed once and for all
By Katie Augustine
Painted into the picture
By Kent Holz
Confessions of faith: Lynne Eby
By Gabriella Blauert
What's inside
During the Lenten season, we focus on how Jesus laid down his life for all sinners.
Joel Petermann digs into what that statement from John 10:17—“I lay down my life”—entails and also what it means for us as Christians.
Andrew Schroer reiterates the fact that Jesus made that choice to lay down his life—his hands weren’t tied.
Because of what Jesus did for us, we now want to lay down our lives in service to our Savior here on earth. More than 1,300 WELS members gathered together in Chicago in January to learn how better to live as servant leaders in our schools, churches, homes, and communities.
“My Christian life” talks about how WELS member Hilde Miller works to serve both the physical and spiritual needs in her community.
- Julie Wietzke, managing editor
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Devotions for Lent 2023
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