The political season is heating up. As the primary elections wind up in the next month or so, and we turn our eyes toward the general...

“Be nice!” – from childhood we are encouraged toward this social grace. Be nice! As Christians, we are especially prone to deal with...

I am going to sue you. These words are part of the modern lexicon and are bandied about by those who feel that they have been wronged....

When I served as vice president for Area B of the Texas District, I had the opportunity to lead devotions several times at our pastors’...

In Part I of my convention report I suggested how LCMS convention delegates might approach making their decisions based on their...

I was a pastoral delegate to the 2023 Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) convention. The convention theme for this convention was,...

When will we – together – just say, “STOP IT?!” Tough issues in the church, seem to be an invitation to run to our corners, compose the...

The issues that will come before the LCMS delegates in convention have been presented and positions about them advanced in a variety of...

God’s Word is amazing! In the letter to the Hebrews it says, “… The word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged...

As a pastor is ordained and / or installed into pastoral ministry, one of the traditions in my denomination is for fellow pastors to lay...

My church body, like many other church bodies, struggles with internal disagreements. While we are all clear and agree about what we...