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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008I’ll be joining the parents organization at Martin Luther Lutheran School in Oshkosh, WI on Wednesday evening to give a talk on internet safety. If you are interested in seeing the slides for the presentation you can check that out at SlideRocket.
The Census
Monday, December 1st, 2008In the US a census is taken about every 10 years to see how many people are living and working in our nation. Praise the Lord that a similar census was taken by the Roman government: “In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. […]
Digital Life Is Messy
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008Lately I’ve been seeing and hearing a lot of interest in creating social networks aimed at the Christian community. Reader’s Digest in partnership with Rick Warren of Saddleback Community Church recently announced the launch of a “Facebook for Christians” web site in 2009. I recently ran across a Ning site called The Wittenberg Trail. It […]
Raise the Bar on Teen Involvement
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
In many WELS congregations, teens are given fairly basic things to do ministry-wise. While ushering, babysitting, and cleaning up after the pot luck are good ways to serve, they represent some of the simplest, least creative things teens can do. Appointing spiritual, talented, and responsible teens to greater service would be awesome for them and […]
Post elections
Friday, November 14th, 2008 Romans 13:1: Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
Now that the elections are past, do we believe this? Do our daily words and actions reveal to others that we believe this? What is […]
Pre-elections
Friday, October 31st, 2008One of the blessings of living in America is the freedom to choose our political leaders. As we prepare ourselves to go to the polls in the coming days, let’s ask the Lord to give us wisdom and insight to vote for the candidates that best reflect our Christian attitudes and values.
MLC Homecoming Celebration
Thursday, October 30th, 2008Adam Boede leading prayer
We just finished our Homecoming 2008 at MLC.
In many respects, it was a Homecoming like other colleges. We had a theme that loosely tied to our athletic mascot – “Saturday Knight Fever.” We had inter-class athletic competitions such as flag football. We had the fall interscholastic sports such as football, volleyball, […]
Christians in Action
Thursday, October 30th, 2008Trinity Lutheran Church “Christians in Action” trip to Canada
Pastor Tom Spiegelberg shares with us a way youth has served in his congregation. He wrote this summary in his last e-mail that I’d like to share with you to encourage our youth:
In our congregations in the West Indies, it has become increasingly difficult to get […]
Reforma means Reformation in Spanish
Monday, October 27th, 2008Upcoming Chat and Live Streamed Service
Multi-Language Publications and Cristo Palabra de Vida , our WELS Spanish outreach ministry is partnering to bring two events to our Spanish speaking WELS members. Pastor Gonzalo Degadillo writes with excitement in anticipation of the celebration:
“Spanish speaking WELS members will celebrate the 491 years of the Reformation with the […]
Etching Yourself On The Internet
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008Are you blogging? Do you write articles that appear on your church’s website or electronic newsletter? Do you have a Facebook or MySpace account? Have you participated in discussion boards? Have you contributed pictures to Flickr? Do you “tweet“? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you have already begun to “etch” yourself […]
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