Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going? . . . When Immanuel congregation in 1959 took up the matter of Christian higher education and gave its blessing to the beginning of a high school,… 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: Middleton, Wisconsin DUANE W. RIGGERT, VIGNETTIST It has been a blessing to have so long… Fortieth Anniversary Historical Vignettes

Due to space constraints, printed here are excerpts only, allowing the reader to “catch the flavor” of the President’s address at the ILC Commencement service on May 20, 2000. The text used by Prof. John… Thoughts From A Commencement Address

May 20, 2000 President John Pfeiffer’s commencement address (entitled “With All Your Might,” based on Ecclesiastes 9:10; see page of this issue) struck the keynote for the entire repertoire of our school’s closing events. On… Commencement At Immanuel Lutheran College

100 Years Of God’s Grace (1899-1999) In the 1870’s and 1880’s a number of German Lutheran families came to settle in Hidewood Township in Deuel County, South Dakota. There was no established Lutheran Church in… Zion Ev. Lutheran Church, Hidewood Township, South Dakota–

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 coming to life after a long winter! It’s a new… 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 from British Columbia right out through Washington State. They are… 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 baby is born. And it is not a bad thing… 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 LORD, who by night stand in the house of the… 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 who is experiencing some great trial or testing of faith.… Editor’s note: