Advent Comfort “Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.”  Isaiah 40:1-2 December 7, 1941…a date which will live in...

But now, O Lord, you are our Father;     we are the clay, and you are our potter;     we are all the work of your hand.  Isaiah 64:8 The late Reinhold Marxhausen was an eccentric art professor at Concordia University Nebraska.  Among Marxhausen's contributions to art was the unique fact that he...

Rev. Paul Timothy McCain February 12, 1962-November 25, 2020 The following obituary is from the REPORTER. Click here to see the original article. Photo credits: LCMS | Erik M. Lunsford The Rev. Paul Timothy McCain, publisher and executive editor at Concordia Publishing House (CPH), died in Ballwin, Mo., on Nov....

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. Psalm 136:1 Thanksgiving traditions, like so many other planned events for this year may be upset by COVID-19.  Many family gatherings will either not take place or will happen on a smaller or virtual scale.  While...