“Don’t You Even Care?”
“And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.”—Mark 4:38-29In 1959, Frank Sinatra released what was generally regarded as his most...
Tales of Three Gatherings
Over the course of five weeks, more than 30,000 LCMS Lutherans will gather in three different places across the country. First, the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League Biennial Convention kicks off on Thursday in Mobile, Alabama. Then the LCMS National Youth Gathering will take place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Finally the LCMS...
Laborers For Christ Help Ministries by Working to Improve their Space
The sight of RVs camped together might bring to mind fishing, camping or road trips. However, for Laborers For Christ, it’s not the call of the wild that brings the campers, but the desire to give back to LCMS entities through their work on construction projects. While there, the workers...
St. Johns Lutheran Church Befriends Family of Nepalese Refugees and Grows their Church Family
This year, Rev. Michael Tanney of St. Johns Lutheran Church in St. Louis led Pentecost worship services in the midst of two baptisms and twenty-seven confirmations. Every individual confirmed and baptized came from a close-knit Nepalese Christian community that was worshipping nearby. Many people in this group were already Christian,...