We Have Never Seen Anything Like It Before

Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.  2 Before the mountains were brought forth,or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.  Psalm 90:1-2 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who...

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March 17, 2020 Pastoral Letter Regarding the Coronavirus

March 17, 2020 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Greetings in the name of Jesus, our suffering servant! “But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.” During this Lenten...

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Missouri District Junior High Youth Gathering Cancelled

  Mounting fears and risk from the Coronavirus have led us to make the difficult decision to cancel the Missouri District Junior High Gathering, scheduled for March 27-29, 2020 at Camp Windermere, Lake of the Ozarks. We have consulted with experts and reviewed Centers for Disease Control recommendations. Even with...

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The Problem

  But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.    Matthew 15:18-19   We are quick to identify The problem that is facing the Christian Church. Pastors...

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The Sound of Silence

“The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. Let him sit alone in silence...

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Dust You Are

“By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Genesis 3:19 The transfiguration of our Lord is such a glorious site that Peter has no interest...

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Christianity – A Way of Life

“But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.” Acts 9:1-2    One of the earliest Christian...

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Comfort Food

And he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, “Arise and eat.”  And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank and lay...

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Why Lutheran Schools?

  “What do we want students to look like when they graduate?” was the question that we discussed.  Leaders of a Lutheran school were wrestling with steps to strengthen the school focused on the growth of the students in all aspects of life (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual).  It was...

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