New CLC Church In Texas Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church is an assembly of believers who gather around the Word of God. In 1997 a group of believers inquired of Rev. L. D. Redlin concerning the Church of the Lutheran Confession. They were interested in the doctrine and practice of the chruch body. The… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 2000/06
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, VIGNETTIST Celebrating forty years of Faith congregation in Coloma, Michigan brings back many memories. One such memory was leaving a beautiful new church building, built when I was president a… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going? “CONSTITUTING CONVENTION AT WATERTOWN, SD AND SLEEPY EYE, MN “I. Convention at Watertown, South Dakota — August 9-12, 1960 “As an outgrowth and culmination of many meetings held during preceding months of preparation and concentrated study and discussion, brethren from as far west as the state of… Read More »Month Archive Read More
(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 STAR’? Our local paper recently carried the story of the disbanding, after some 98 years, of the local chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, the women’s branch of… Read More »Month Archive Read More
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 parables. It touches the heart of every mother and father who have ever had a wayward child. It also touches the heart of every lost sinner who desperately is seeking… Read More »Month Archive Read More
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 this direction: “A hymn of invocation of the Holy Ghost or another hymn shall be sung.” As we begin our Sunday worship together, we invoke the Holy Spirit. We pray… Read More »Month Archive Read More
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. With the permission of the writer (Robin Vogsland, a member of Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, Albuquerque, N.Mex.), we are sharing… Read More »Month Archive Read More
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 LORD! Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. The LORD who made heaven and earth bless… Read More »Month Archive Read More
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 to say about the father of a newborn when by it we mean that he has great joy in his… Read More »Month Archive Read More
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 beautiful in the spring sunshine! One wonders if they were here prior to the Flood. Possibly not. There is something… Read More »Month Archive Read More
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 beginning. That is quite fitting for confirmation, don’t you think? We should think of confirmation as a new beginning. Often… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Heritage, inheritance, and legacy are all terms that speak of one generation of people handing down to the next generation something very special that is worth preserving. What that special something is depends on a person’s value sytem. To some, a heritage worth passing on to each succeeding generation may be a family name, an… Read More »Month Archive Read More