Blog Posts
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Read ArticleTimes Change, but God Is Unchanging
Recently, I’ve noticed a change in myself. I am fifty-two years old. Normally, I shave every day, usually in the morning. On occasion, I will skip shaving if I know I won’t have to be...
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Read ArticleGlorifying God: September 2025 Everyday Faith Calendar
If you had told yourself ten years ago where you’d be today, would your old self believe it? Maybe you never expected to have a large family, but here you are. Maybe you never expected to...
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Read ArticleBring Your Church Community Together with Family Events
Fall is a great time to get a fresh start and begin new things in ministry. The school year brings a lot of new starts: new schools, new classroom teachers, new sports seasons—a new...
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Read ArticleSimple Family Devotions with Lutheran Service Book
We have a great bedtime routine in our family, although I’m not sure where it came from. After dinner, we clean up the toys. The kids use the potty and hear a story. They brush their...
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Read ArticleStart Your Child’s School Year on Christ’s Path
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. (2 Corinthians 5:17) God’s children are preparing to go back to school. That...
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Read Article1 Timothy: An Overview
This blog post is adapted from Lutheran Bible Companion Volume 2: Intertestamental Era, New Testament, and Bible Dictionary. Paul, on his way to Macedonia, has left Timothy at Ephesus...
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Read ArticleIs This What God Wants?
“Is this what God wants for me?”It’s the question that keeps us up late into the night or runs through our heads during morning commutes. We might ask this question when choosing a...
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Read ArticleBlessing Families in Iowa Through the Food Bank Arch Book Program
Since its beginning in 2024, the food bank Arch® Book program from Concordia Gospel Outreach (CGO) has been picking up speed. This grassroots effort to share Christian children’s books at...
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Read ArticleHow God Speaks with His People
This blog post is excerpted from The Christian Faith: A Lutheran Exposition, second edition, by Theodore J. Hopkins and Robert Kolb. God used the many and varied voices of the prophets...
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Read ArticleThinking About God in a Thunderstorm
Watching thunderstorms is one of my greatest joys in life. Every time a good, Midwest storm rolls into my college town of Seward, Nebraska, I abandon my half-finished homework, hurry...
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Read ArticleChristian Vocation Means Living for Others
Most Lutherans are no doubt familiar with the story of Martin Luther’s Gospel breakthrough, when he was led by God’s grace to rediscover the marvelous message that righteousness before...
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Read ArticleTips for Organizing Chapel Services at Your Christian School
An integral part of Lutheran education is the emphasis on faith formation. While we can do this in many different ways in our schools, one of the biggest ways of doing this is through...
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Read ArticleWhat Does a Good Law-Gospel Sermon Look Like?
This blog is excerpted from an article by Rev. Carl C. Fickenscher II that was published in a previous edition of Concordia Pulpit Resources. So much has been written on the dynamics of...
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Read ArticleEasy Ways to Use a Children’s Hymnal in the Classroom
Incorporating a new children’s hymnal into your classroom might be easier than you think! There are many ways you can teach the faith through a hymnal, such as learning to sing a hymn in...
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Read ArticleReal Connection in a Virtual World
A few weeks ago, at my sister’s high school graduation, the commencement speaker gave several pieces of what he believed to be crucial advice. One of these encouragements was for the...
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Read ArticleLessons from 1 John: August 2025 Everyday Faith Calendar
We live in a broken world. It doesn’t take too long to see that. As we all have aged, we’ve had to learn how to do our best to live in this reality in a God-pleasing way. We fail often,...
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Read ArticleDeveloping a Distinctly Christian School
The following blog post is adapted from Faithful and Flourishing: Strategies for Leading Your Christian School with Excellence by Dr. Bernard Bull, a thought leader in the landscape of...
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Read Article2 Thessalonians: An Overview
The city of Thessalonica, named after a sister of Alexander the Great, was built within sight of one of the great religious landmarks of ancient Greece. Southward, across the Thermaikos...
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Read ArticleMusic of the Month: In the Water, In the Word
Composer James Biery presents eight stunning settings to adorn the Sacrament of Holy Baptism with grace and gusto with In the Water, In the Word. A thrilling toccata on ES IST DAS HEIL...
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Read ArticleLessons on Prayer from Samuel
The other day I was listening to a pastor speak about the priority of prayer. He said the following: Scripture records the disciples asking Jesus to teach them one thing: how to pray...
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