SEEN IN PASSING
Items of interest from various sources of religious news and opinion, in print and on the web. Canadian Professor Thinks People Will Soon Worship AI. Writing recently for The Conversation, University of Manitoba philosophy professor…
SEEN IN PASSING
NEW BLOG KEEPS YOU CURRENT WITH ILC ACTIVITIES
Every other month we get an update on what’s been happening recently at ourImmanuel Lutheran High School, College and Seminary in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Though spring is normally the busiest season at Immanuel, this year…
BREAD OF LIFE READINGS, JANUARY 2024
The Bread of Life Bread of Life Readings, January 2024 TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments January 1 TLH 123/LSB…
PREPARING SAINTS, BUILDING CHURCHES IN NEPAL
In this series, thoseinvolved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. [Editor: The following is a report about current activities in the Himalayan Church of the Lutheran Confession in Nepal (HCLCN).…
BEREA LUTHERAN CHURCH–SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
Updates from congregations around the Church of the Lutheran Confession There is a delightful picture that is tucked away in an old photo album. It is a picture of the new Berea Lutheran Church building…
SMALL HINGES
In this series we are reprinting Spokesman articles by early leaders in the CLC. Pastor James Albrecht is the curator of the series. Pastor Arvid Gullerud (1920-2015) was a leader in the formation of the…
THE BARREN FIG TREE
Farming isn’t what it used to be. We live in a cash-crop economy, from seed to harvest in just a few months. Our world wants immediate results, as hands-off as possible. But the Scriptures teach…
BENEATH THE JUNIPER TREE
“[Elijah] came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die.” (1 Kings 19:4) Have you ever felt like giving up; like saying, “That’s it. I’m done. I’ve had enough”?…
REASON FOR HOPE
“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he…
SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT: THE LORD’S PRAYER
Ever wonder why we Lutherans use the form of worship we do? In this series we examine the depth and meaning of the various elements of our Lutheran worship service. In our communion liturgies, the…