Posts with the category “faith-and-fellowship-magazine”

When faced with tension, we want to eliminate it as quickly as possible. What makes a good book is often the tension the author creates. It’s sort of delicious and troubling at the same time. How’s it...  Read More

Type your new text here. As baptism and communion, rest and life, God come near in Christ—all in the new covenant are anticipated in the old, signaled by such things as circumcision, Passover, promise...  Read More

The first seven years of my life were spent in Ethiopia. I remember life there being very challenging. Water was scarce. Food was scarce. I feared the weather, as it contributed to the scarcity of foo...  Read More

 To my faithful pastors who preached hundreds of sermons on discipleship over my 57 years, I am sorry. To my Sunday School teachers who faithfully prepared lessons on being a fisher of men and to yout...  Read More

During a recent lunch with some newer friends, the question was posed: “How did you decide to become a pastor?” My answer usually catches people off guard. “I didn’t.” It’s not that I didn’t want to o...  Read More

Throughout our lifetime, we have been involved in a few different congregations. We have been worshiping at Our Redeemer’s Church in Minot, North Dakota since 1993. This large, active congregation has...  Read More

"So, how were you called?” During this past year and a half of studying at Lutheran Brethren Seminary in preparation for mission work in Chad, I’ve been asked that question more than a couple of times...  Read More

When I was in high school, the band Alabama came out with a song titled, I’m In a Hurry.I’m in a hurry to get things done Oh, I rush and rush until life’s no funAll I really gotta do is live and die B...  Read More

My brother, Ben, is on the autism spectrum. Growing up, his disability presented a barrier for my family to attend church together. Thankfully, when we were invited to Bethesda LBC in Eau Claire, WI, ...  Read More

Kathleen Kjolhaug has written this 33 Day Devotional for readers from 4 to 104 (See photo). If you would like to purchase a copy, please reach out to Kathleen at: wemenews@gmail.com Upon bended knee s...  Read More

This past summer, Lutheran Brethren Seminary successfully completed an in-depth accreditation assessment of our institution. This included an evaluation of the thoroughness and consistency of all poli...  Read More

L to R:  Dr. Eugene Boe; Elders Kenneth Roed, Charles Strand, Paul Carlson; Mitzi, Gideon, and Rev. Mars Harper. On October 30, 2022, Rev. Mars Harper was installed as pastor at Bethel Lutheran Brethr...  Read More

Members and friends of Ebenezer LBC gathering to celebrate God’s faithfulness. On August 6-7, 2022, people gathered from all over the United States… messages and letters poured in from all around the ...  Read More

There was a self-perpetuating youth organization called Lutheran Brethren Youth Fellowship. I was an officer in the Central District LBYF. Rev. Elroy Vesta was our advisor. My friend Tim Anderson was ...  Read More

PSALM 8:3-6“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for th...  Read More

It was a humbling moment for me. I was leading a small mission organization in East Asia at the time and was preparing to give a talk at a missions conference on the theme of “Partnering in Mission.” ...  Read More

I believe that, for me as a pastor, the scariest passage in all of Scripture is 1 Corinthians 11:1. You might have expected me to say it was one of the visions of Satan raging against the Church, or G...  Read More

Your neighbor down the street matters. Your best friend from childhood matters. The stranger you meet in line at the grocery store matters. People matter. Why? They matter because they are created in ...  Read More

Seminary students and professor in Chad, visiting one of the mission schools. I love the Church of the Lutheran Brethren. I have been attending Bethesda Lutheran Brethren Church in Eau Claire, Wiscons...  Read More

The E-vite read: “You are invited to a FREE fall weekend retreat, ‘Faith Journeys,’ at Inspiration Point, September 23-25, 2022, with other Lutheran Brethren Pastors’ Wives from the Central Region! Th...  Read More

Maybe you’ve heard this one before: “Two Pastors, an Elder, and a new(ish) Christian guy walk into a diner…”No? You haven’t? Fortunately, it’s not the beginning of a bad church joke, but a potential s...  Read More

In December 2021 we packed up our belongings and moved from Hsinchu to Taichung City. After having spent the past three years in Mandarin Chinese study and visiting our Chinese Lutheran Brethren churc...  Read More

"Take it, lassie. It’s for sinners.” That line is taken from one of Rev. Jon Overland’s favorite illustrations. He tells of an older Christian man sitting in a Scottish worship service. The man had co...  Read More

Harold and Joyce Rust On April 9, 2022 Rev. Harold Rust was elected President of the CLB Canada at the annual convention in Camrose, AB. He assumes the position vacated with the retirement of Rev. Jon...  Read More

L to R: Elder and member of the CLB Council of Directors Matt DeKok, Rev. Aage Larson, Pastor Drew Skog, and Elder Keith Dunham On October 9, 2020, Pastor Drew Skog was installed at Bunker Hill Luther...  Read More

L to R kneeling: Elder Ryan Rogness and Pastor Josiah Militzer. On September 4, 2022, Ryan Rogness was ordained as an elder  and Josiah Militzer was installed as Youth and Young Adults Pastor at Bethe...  Read More

On October 24, 2022, Andrea Knick began serving the Church of the Lutheran Brethren as the new Executive Administrative Assistant for the Office of the President.......  Read More

We  know about the great mission partnership of Paul and Barnabas. But have you ever followed Barnabas through the Book of Acts? We see a not-self-concerned fellow who just happens to raise up everyon...  Read More

The above video is available to download for your use.CLICK HERE to learn more and give to this relief effort. It was 10 a.m., Wednesday, September 28. It had been a frantic morning, preceded by twent...  Read More

My father’s voice rang out in the warm afternoon air calling, “Daniel! Daniel!” It was time for lunch, and my food was getting cold. But I wasn’t playing in the yard, as I had told my parents I would ...  Read More

Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain (Psalm 127:1).My mom tells a “young Aaron” story about when she knew I would be trouble. When she picked me up after my first day at daycar...  Read More

When I was asked to write this article for Faith & Fellowship and was given the topic, “Looking to the Word in all of life’s circumstances,” my first thought was, “There is no way that I should be the...  Read More

"Matt, the dog kennel is a mess. Go clean it up.” Or, “Matt, the dog kennel is a mess. Let’s go clean it up.” I’m not going to tell you which command I heard more often in my home growing up, but I be...  Read More

My CLB giving story starts at an Urbana Missions Convention back in 1987 while I was a student at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. Urbana, for those of you who aren’t familiar with it, is a giant ...  Read More

I look up from weeding the flower beds and wave across the street as Dan pulls up. “How was the fishing? Any bites?” I ask. “Pretty good! We got a few. Not too many mosquitoes today, either.”Dan (not ...  Read More

It was cold. The kind of cold you don’t expect on a late April afternoon. To make matters worse, the wind was blowing continually, chilling us to the bone. But even more chilling were the stories told...  Read More

There are many perks to living in a small, rural community like East Hartland, Connecticut. Everyone knows everyone, it is a quiet and peaceful place to live, and we have regular visits from some pret...  Read More

Meet T (name removed online for privacy). She is the wife of A and mother of ten beautiful, hard-working children. T and A are our Chadian missionary partners in our village (See above photo). They ha...  Read More

Kaardal descendants meeting with CLB representatives at the grave of Jetmund and Sofie Kaardal. I can only imagine the emotions and thoughts that flowed through the minds of Jetmund and Sofie Kaardal ...  Read More

The invitation was worded, “Come enjoy a simple picnic, 5-7 pm Tuesday August 2, National Night Out.” We sent the postcard to the nine houses on our block. Our back deck near the alley is the center o...  Read More