Organs, education, and the power of music
Benjamin Foster, a senior at Martin Luther College (MLC), New Ulm, Minn., has been taking organ lessons since he was ten years old. As a parish music/staff ministry major, he…
The answer is you
“The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field” (Matthew 9:37,38). Looking for a New…
Grassroots visits
In this, my fourth year with Forward in Christ (FIC), there is a little bit of road in the rearview mirror. I can look back and assess what goals our…
His compassions never fail
The prophet Jeremiah was witnessing God’s judgment for his people’s sin and rebellion. Even though God had sent prophet after prophet to deliver messages calling on the people of Judah…
Third-person leadership
As Christian leaders in a “me-first” world, we need to put aside our self-interest and focus on God and others. “My three favorite people are . . . me, myself,…
Parent conversations: Ideas to foster a family-friendly church
We tell parents that they are supposed to bring their children to church, but how do we support and encourage them in that endeavor? Here are some family-friendly ideas. They…
Confessions of faith: Skye Defourneaux
I went from knowing nothing about God or the Bible to discovering a new life with Jesus as my Savior. My husband, Rene, and I were both unbelievers when we…
Q&A: Is there such a thing as a bad question?
Is there such a thing as a bad question? Sometimes enemies of Jesus came to him with a question, but it wasn’t because they wanted an answer. They wanted to…
A mission-minded response to abortion
Before we confront the scourge of abortion, we must address the deeper scourge of alienation from God. The response to the Supreme Court’s overturning of its 1973 Roe v. Wade…