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Read more about the article Favorite Christmas hymns

Favorite Christmas hymns

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/11/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Singing and listening to Christmas carols throughout the month of December is a highlight for many Lutherans. We asked you, our readers, to tell us your favorite carols as well…

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Read more about the article Hymn focuses on Jesus’ words from the cross

Hymn focuses on Jesus’ words from the cross

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2022/02/25
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

As part of its Lenten issue, Forward in Christ is featuring a new original Lenten hymn from Christian Worship: Hymnal. This hymn, called “The Seven Words,” highlights each of the…

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Read more about the article The Seven Words

The Seven Words

  • Post author:Michael D. Schultz
  • Post published:2022/02/24
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

Their nails were freshly driven, their hatred clearly shown, when, “Let them be forgiven,” was heard at heaven’s throne. Your enemies, O Jesus, you loved beyond degree, a love so…

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Read more about the article Introducing the new hymnal

Introducing the new hymnal

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2021/12/23
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

While St. John, Burlington, Wis., has not yet bought the newly released Christian Worship: Hymnal for its sanctuary, it already has started to introduce its members to it. In November…

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Read more about the article Digital resources: Hymnal tools for the modern world

Digital resources: Hymnal tools for the modern world

  • Post author:Caleb Bassett
  • Post published:2021/10/26
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

In a digital age, Lutherans can embrace new tools for worship. Much of the work of making a hymnal has remained the same over the years. You need a team…

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Read more about the article A daily walk with our Shepherd

A daily walk with our Shepherd

  • Post author:Snowden Gene Sims
  • Post published:2021/09/23
  • Post category:FIC Features/FIC Series/Forward in Christ

Parents enjoy tucking their children into bed when they are little. Children love to be tucked in—most of the time. A bedtime routine comes with the tucking in. When my…

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Read more about the article This is the body of Christ

This is the body of Christ

  • Post author:Mark Paustian
  • Post published:2021/08/28
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

As we meet in worship, we find in fuller measure what it is in Christ we share. I might have mistaken the man in the pew ahead of me for…

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Read more about the article Synod convention shorts

Synod convention shorts

  • Post author:FIC
  • Post published:2021/08/23
  • Post category:FIC News/Forward in Christ

Here are some quick updates on what happened at this year’s synod convention: Approval of the synod’s ministry financial plan for the upcoming biennium of 2021–23. “WELS is financially strong,” says…

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Read more about the article The lectionary: A path for public worship

The lectionary: A path for public worship

  • Post author:Jonathan Schroeder
  • Post published:2021/07/27
  • Post category:FIC Features/Forward in Christ

The church year and the lectionary aid our worship of Jesus. “What am I going to talk about in worship on Sunday?” In 21 years of planning congregational worship, I have…

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