vignette (vin-yet’), n. 1. short literary essay; sketch vignettist (vin-yet’ist), n. a maker of vignettes, painter, photographer, or writer Dateline: Sleepy Eye, Minnesota PASTOR ROLLIN A. REIM, VIGNETTIST A short anecdote: A year after the…
Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going? On Tuesday morning, September 8, 1959, the high school opened its doors for registration. The enrollment numbered twenty-four–twelve freshmen, three sophomores, four juniors, and five seniors. Professor…
The Other Camp You’ve heard of Camp Roughrider north of Jamestown, North Dakota. You know about the youth camp on the ILC campus in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. You probably have even heard of the CLC…
The Bible says: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth…” Theistic evolution says: “In the beginning God created the Big Bang.” In spite of what the Bible clearly says, just how God…
I HAVE HEARD IT SAID And what do you think? What bothers me is that I must be a veritable nincompoop! I can’t open my mouth, but that someone is saying to me: “Who are…
“That We Might have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) Second Samuel, Chapters Eleven and Twelve David’s Fall and Repentance Lust, adultery, deceit, murder, and scandal are words that could be torn from the headlines of most any…
Luke 16:1-13 The Parable Of The Unjust Steward To retell Jesus’ parable in a modern setting: “A wealthy businessman had an administrator whom he had hired to manage his financial affairs. Through poor decision-making the…
God Bless Our Native Land A Prayer for the Nation #577 in The Lutheran Hymnal It’s an election year! As you know, that means during the whole year (and more!) leading up to November the…
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,…
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…
