November is a special month in the LCMS because we celebrate Ministry to the Armed Forces Month. Check out this Watch and Share video of Chaplain Michael Frese, currently stationed with the Army in Afghanistan, and Naval Reserve Chaplain Daniel Gard to see how your LCMS chaplains are bringing Christ to military men and women around the world.   Continue reading chaplains

Today the Church celebrates its love-hate relationship with All Saints’ Day, that wonderfully comforting day in which members of the Church militant remember those in the Church triumphant, both known and unknown, while simultaneously longing for the day when Christ will return so that those who remain, too, can gathered to Christ. The Church has always been in the business of remembering the faithful departed. … Continue reading dying in the faith