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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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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J. L. Precup Editorial Note: Chaplain J. L. Precup graduated from Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis, in 1972. After ordination he served a parish in Chicago, Illinois, and then took a call to a congregation in Mexico City, Mexico. While in Mexico he was commissioned at our embassy as a chaplain in the Naval Reserves. After two years…
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Jerrald Pfabe Editorial Note: Jerrald Pfabe is a professor of history at Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska. He teaches courses in Spanish and U.S. and Latin American history. He has traveled extensively in Latin America and has studied in Mexico and Costa Rica during sabbatical leaves. A graduate of Concordia, River Forest, he has M.A. and…
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Donald Muchow The Church is Christ’s Mission to the Church On the Mission Trail INTRODUCTION The Lord be with you…. Many thanks for the privilege to address you…and for material shared Clear … I love this LCMS…connected me to the Gospel I have struggled to get my head and heart around this Mission Affirmation: too…
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Karen Miller A graduate of MIT and Concordia University, River Forest, Illinois, Karen Miller teaches junior high school at Christ Lutheran School, Rancho Palos Verde, California. Ms. Miller is a frequent contributor to the Journal. The last two years in the LCMS have seen some of the rudest and most inappropriate attacks focused on the Ablaze! initiative. However,…
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Marie Meyer A deaconess, Marie Meyer is a noted speaker and author who lives in Bethel, Connecticut. A decade has passed since church historian Mark Noll, writing in First Things, called attention to “The Lutheran Difference.”1 Noll concluded that Lutherans have much to offer the wider Christian community but only if they “remain authentically Lutheran.” His question, “Did…
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Marie Meyer The story is told of an elderly rabbi who listened as fellow rabbis reported that some people were saying the Messiah had already come. Without saying a word he rose from his chair, went to the window and looked out over the crowds moving about in the surrounding area. Turning slowing he shook…
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Yohannes Mengsteab conf2004papers-mengsteab
What happens when Reformation theology gets practiced in everyday ministry? A parish pastor in Alexandria, Louisiana, writes with eloquence about rediscovering what the Gospel is all about in his daily work. Robert Martinek It seems that things are really quiet now, and I am usually one who “lurks,”but I thought I would share with you…
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