Let your light shine: Toy drive
Imagine for a moment the joy of a child opening a brand-new toy that’s only his or hers to play with. Now take that joy and multiply it by over…
Letters reflect wisdom and encouragement
“Ministry is a marathon, not a sprint,” writes Dave Pagel, pastor at Bethany, Kenosha, Wis. “In order to be effective, you need to take care of yourself spiritually, physically, and emotionally.” Pagel’s words are written…
Waging the war for godly sexuality
“Abuse. Divorce. Abortion. Pornography. People want to talk about these issues; they’re just scared to go first. We’re trying to help people go first.” Caleb Schultz, pastor at Cross of…
Love and care for called workers
It all started with a phone call from the church president to the pastor: “What if we remodeled the parsonage to fit your daughter’s needs?” In early 2020, Steve Schmidt,…
Christian Worship on campus
Just as the hymnal is a key resource in a congregation, it also is important in the lives of students at Martin Luther College (MLC), New Ulm, Minn., the synod’s…
Encouragement along the road
It’s a long road to become a pastor. For Jordan Massiah, it’s 12 years of schooling in three different states over an international border from his hometown of Toronto, Ontario,…
Bringing the Word to Bogotá
Since 2015, the Academia Cristo website, academiacristo.com, has been providing Bible classes, worship services, training for church planters, and other tools for Spanish speakers to study God’s Word. The program…
Colorado church receives relief from fires
“At our final outdoor worship service at Carbon Valley Lutheran we could see the smoke coming across the sky, and by the end of worship we had ash and burnt…
Creating digital side doors
Did you know that more than 104 million Americans listened to podcasts in the last month?* This growing number of people are consuming content from more than 1.5 million shows…