Summer 2006

Summer 2006

Doing Theology with People who Have Disabilities

Arthur and Carol Wahlers Editorial Note: Carol and Art Wahlers have been in the forefront of the Missouri Synod’s advocacy for the disabled. They have authored numerous resolutions for the Northwest District and the synod on behalf of the disabled. Before his retirement Dr. Wahlers was dean of students, academic dean and special assistant to…
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An Unfolding Perspective on Poverty

David Stein Editorial Note: David Stein, Ph.D., former pastor of Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, is a past president of the Daystar Association and is currently working with “Food for the Poor.” After returning from the Dominican Republic, he is on his way to Kenya. His is the third article on…
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Doing Theology in Our Christian Calling

Robert Schmidt It was an argument a third-year seminarian could not win. The professor, the sainted Henry Reimann, was teaching an elective called “The Nature and Function of Theology.” What is “theology” anyway? He suggested that in the history of the church, especially the Lutheran church, theology was the “critique of teaching and preaching.” In…
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Congregational Goals: Who Sets Them?

Paul Schmidt Editorial Note: Although Pastor Paul Schmidt is not a credentialed intentional interim minister in the LCMS, he is a member of NALIP, the National Association of Lutheran Interim Pastors, and has participated in its annual meetings. Pastor Schmidt served churches in Bingen, Washington; Greenacres, Washington; Murray, Utah; and Spokane Washington. From 1986 to…
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Is a Woman without a Voice Justified?

Carol Schmidt “Doing theology” involves observing the effects of theological assumptions and doctrines on the lives of people and asking many questions. Today I wonder what justification means for a person whose voice is not allowed to be heard in the church and I wonder if the church that silences people believes in the gracious…
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What’s In a Name?

Herbert Hoefer Editorial Note: Dr. Herbert Hoefer was a missionary in India, is currently the LCMS area secretary for India, and holds the chair of missions at Concordia University in Portland, Oregon. He is also the chair of the Ethnic Ministry Task Force of the Northwest District. He recently served as the chaplain for the…
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