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Do you remember your Confirmation day? Many of us remember how spring was in the air. How exciting it is when everything seems to be… Read More »CONFIRMATION AND NEW BEGINNINGS

It’s a clear day up here in the Northwest. Within a few hours’ drive are dozens of beautiful mountains in the Cascade Range, which stretches… Read More »ONE HILL HOLDS LIFE

HUMBLE FATHERS “He’s the proud father of a new baby girl.” This is the sort of thing we often say of the father when a… Read More »A Father’s Day Meditation–

Psalm 134 “LORD, bless Your pastors and bless Your people” A Psalm of Instruction Psalm 134 Behold, bless the LORD, all you servants of the… Read More »Last In a Series (from an essay by Thomas Schuetze) —

Not long ago, on one of the CLC e-mail forums, there was an exchange on the subject of what a Christian might say to another… Read More »Editor’s note:

Come, Oh, Come, Thou Quickening Spirit A Pentecost Hymn #226 in The Lutheran Hymnal The Orders of Morning Service in The Lutheran Hymnal begin with… Read More »Appreciating Our Lutheran Hymns

The Lost Son And The Elder Brother The parable of the prodigal or lost son is perhaps the most well-known and touching of Jesus’ many… Read More »Parables Of The Master

(Adapted from a recent bulletin article of Grace Ev. Lutheran Church, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. Paul Fleischer is pastor.) WHAT ABOUT THE ‘ORDER OF THE EASTERN… Read More »SEEKING ANSWERS

Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going? “CONSTITUTING CONVENTION AT WATERTOWN, SD AND SLEEPY EYE, MN “I. Convention at Watertown, South Dakota — August… Read More »Historical Markings

vignette (vin-yet’), n. 1. short literary essay; sketch vignettist (vin-yet’ist), n. a maker of vignettes, painter, photographer, or writer Dateline: Coloma, Michigan WALTER ‘BUD’ REINHARDT,… Read More »Fortieth Anniversary Historical Vignettes