Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, God has entrusted the young people of our synod to the spiritual care of Christian ...

Karl R. Gurgel, the tenth president of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, was called home to heaven on September 13, ...

I thought for sure I would be first. But I ended up being last. It happened some years ago at a wedding reception. I made a special effort to sit at a table very near the buffet line. I thought for ...

“Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on ...

I don’t know about you but every time I read the story of Jonah in the Bible, I am amazed. It’s not so much that part where the giant fish swallows Jonah to preserve his life. . . And I apologize, if ...

The prophet Jonah didn’t think so. You probably remember parts of the story. God had sent him to preach to the people of Ninevah. Why should they get to hear from a prophet? They were not good people.

Years had passed, but Joseph’s brothers were still afraid. Long ago, they had been jealous of Joseph. Their jealousy turned into hatred, and their hatred led them to do something terrible. They sold ...

Joseph had the power to make his brothers pay. He was a ruler in Egypt. His brothers had betrayed him and sold him as a slave. Because of them, Joseph had endured years of hardship, false accusations, ...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Do you resemble anyone in your family? Brothers and sisters often resemble each other. A child might have his dad’s nose, his mom ...

The book of Acts is often known as “The Acts of the Apostles,” but a better title might be “The Acts of the Holy Spirit.” Through this work of the Holy Spirit, the early Christians were empowered to ...

I vividly remember meeting Esther Sprengler my first few weeks at East Fork in Whiteriver, Arizona. From my front porch each morning, I’d watch Esther’s car pull up to school. The stray dog would ...