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, ...

Every day we get to choose how we will spend our time, our money, and our energy. Good time and money management often means deciding what matters most and putting those things first. When God asks, ...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Dogs are smart animals. They can understand simple commands like sit, roll over, and lie down. They understand when you tell them ...

Jonah was a messenger God sent to Nineveh, a city known for its wickedness, cruelty, and immorality. Jonah’s message was, “God is going to destroy Nineveh because of your wickedness.” Jonah was from ...

“Where is your God?” Those who deny God’s existence may taunt Christians with that question. “If what you call sin is bad, why doesn’t God do something about it? If your God is real, why doesn’t he ...

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 ...

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.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Jonah was acting like a baby. He sat outside Nineveh on the desert sand, crossed his arms, and pouted. He was angry that God had ...

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 ...