Moving the needle
In God’s kingdom, nothing happens without the Word. Automobile purists insist that the only way to drive a car is by manual transmission. There’s nothing like the exhilaration of driving…
Confessions of faith: Four generations
Four generations discover the love and forgiveness of Jesus. Every night, Christopher Correri lifts up his six-year-old daughter, Anayah, because she wants to touch the cross hanging on the wall…
Congregation celebrates 200 years
This past fall, St. Paul’s, a WELS congregation in Columbus, Ohio, celebrated its 200th anniversary. While St. Paul’s is not a founding congregation for the Wisconsin Synod (which is 172…
Sharing the same faith
Four leaders comment on faith and fellowship as we celebrate the unity that has endured for 150 years between the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. “You…
Confessions of faith: Alicia Heintz
A woman seeks God in all the wrong places before finding him in the Word. Alicia Heintz, 58, wanted to find God. She looked everywhere, turning over every stone on…
What does this mean for me? Article 4
Does Jesus really understand me? “We do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every…
Fall in love with God’s Word
As Lutherans we value Scripture, but how much time do we really spend reading it? The phone rang in my office. The voice said, “I’m looking for a Lutheran church.”…
Too many words
“The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs” (Proverbs 10:11,12).…
To the other ten
A letter to the future spouses of our grandchildren. If you are reading this, it means a couple of things have happened. First, my wife and I are in heaven.…