My Christian life: A lay member serves as a law enforcement chaplain
A layperson serves gospel comfort to those who serve. A misdialed phone transfer, a post-wedding move, and a desire to serve. These are all factors that led Mark Kleisner to…
Meet a delegate: Joel Kassulke
Joel Kassulke went to the synod convention with the intent of learning more about the work of his church body. He returned home with serious thoughts of a change in…
My Christian life: From cockpit to classroom
The journey of a Christian man who became a teacher in his 40s. “Ever since I was a kid, my head’s been in the clouds in a sense.” It’s no…
Movie depicts God’s work in the life of a second-career pastor
He worked as an undertaker, an undercover narcotics detective, and a homicide investigator. For the past 15 years, he has served as pastor at St. Mark, Leesburg, Fla. The story…
Johannes Bugenhagen: Lessons from Luther’s pastor
This leader in the 16th-century Lutheran Reformation has much to teach us today. The celebrations that began on Oct. 31, 2017, seem to be fading. That date marked five centuries…