Today was a good day to be Lutheran. {Let’s face it: Every day’s a good day to be Lutheran.} But today the LCMS sent nearly 40 missionaries into the field to bear witness to Christ, to show His mercy to their neighbors, and to join in a joyful, contented life together. Today, the Church was the Church. It’s easy to get caught up in all sorts … Continue reading the church being the church

Some Lutherans love mission work. Others eye it with hesitancy. As Pastor Harrison wrote: On the witness side of the fault, the primary, laudable, and biblical goal is reaching the lost—now, in today’s world, in a way people today can actually hear it. “I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some” (1 Cor. 9:22). “For the Son of Man … Continue reading a bold confession

Amy Grant had it all wrong. Better than fall, better than spring, ordination season, not Christmas, is the most wonderful time of the year. It’s ripe with rich liturgies, cryptic pronouncements, the color red, chasubles, and shaky hands. And that season, that time of the year that the number of pastors in the LCMS surges once again, that season is upon us. Ordinations are good … Continue reading ordination season