Posts with the category “lutheran-brethren-seminary”

My reason for enrolling in seminary was a combination of two things, really. Over the past ten years working as a studio potter, I have travelled across the Upper Midwest with my small business, teach...  Read More

I’m excited to join the back-to-school season, even if I’m a bit late to the party. I’ve been living in and around New York City for quite a while, although I grew up on the west side of Cleveland, Oh...  Read More

Dr. Eugene Boe has served the Church of the Lutheran Brethren faithfully for many years as elder, youth minister, pastor, mentor, advisor, theological council member, and most prominently as our semin...  Read More

Lutheran Brethren Seminary’s commencement service was held on April 26, 2024 at Bethel Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls, MN.The following is information about the 2024 graduates and the recognizing the...  Read More

After a particularly effective sermon, a parishioner might say to the preacher, “Thank you for your message today. I found it so moving.” It’s a remarkable turn of phrase, when you think about it. Isa...  Read More

Rev. Mike Natale speaking at morning chapel at Lutheran Brethren Seminary. My name is Mike Natale. I’m 38 years old and have been married to my wife, Lindsay, for 14 years. I grew up in New Jersey and...  Read More

There are numerous areas of service in our public life for which we demand a person who has official “accreditation.” Consider, for example, the choice of a surgeon. On the whole, I believe all of us ...  Read More

I grew up in a culturally Christian home, but it was a home that ultimately lacked any real devotion to Jesus Christ and his Word. Nevertheless, from a young age I believed there was a God and thought...  Read More

If Satan’s fiercest warfare on our people over the past half-century had been made directly on one of the Church’s doctrines, we might have been better prepared. When there was dissension over the doc...  Read More

Pictured: Rev. Paul Larson (L) and Dr. Troy Tysdal (R). On Monday, August 27, 2023 Dr. Troy Tysdal was installed as President of Lutheran Brethren Seminary during the Opening Service. CLB President Pa...  Read More

In May 2023, the Board of Lutheran Brethren Seminary (LBS) concluded its search for a new seminary president. As Chairman of the Board of LBS, I am very pleased to announce that Rev. Troy Tysdal will ...  Read More

Concluding the presidential search, the Board of Lutheran Brethren Seminary is pleased to announce Rev. Troy Tysdal will be the next President of LBS, effective August 1, 2023. Troy has served as the ...  Read More

Let's hear from each of our Lutheran Brethren Seminary 2023 graduates. MARCUS GOODMAN, Master of Theological StudiesWhen I first felt confirmed in a call to attend Lutheran Brethren Seminary, I though...  Read More

Today, Dr. Dave Veum preached his last seminary chapel sermon in his role as president of Lutheran Brethren Seminary. Thank you, Dr. Veum, for your many years of faithful service to our seminary and t...  Read More

Faith & Fellowship magazine recently interviewed Lutheran Brethren Seminary distance student Josh Graber, on-campus student Eric Reese, and graduate, missionary Claire Rose, about the importance of st...  Read More

"Well, it’s time.” Have you ever used that line? I am using it today because it is time to announce plans for a change in leadership at Lutheran Brethren Seminary. I will turn 74 in September, and, al...  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

"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

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

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

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

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

God’s call on my life is to encourage the call. It’s a call that came one December night in 1984 as I was walking alone on a deserted street in Urbana, Illinois. I had just attended the last session o...  Read More

Over the years, I have seen many Glimpse Project videos detailing Lutheran Brethren International Mission (LBIM) work in Chad. But it was an entirely different experience to stay with and get to know ...  Read More

The devil took Jesus to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “‘He will command his angels ...  Read More

Drew seemed to have it all. A degree in finance. A job in the business world that could make him wealthy. But one day he walked away from that world and enrolled in Lutheran Brethren Seminary to prepa...  Read More

Dr. Gaylan Mathiesen is Professor of Mission and Evangelism at Lutheran Brethren Seminary. He has served in this capacity since the summer of 2005. This summer Gaylan will be retiring, as he completes...  Read More

In Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, we find Solomon’s “poem for the seasons.” It reminds us that “for everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” (3:1). Although it’s not stated explici...  Read More