Posts with the tag “2022-06”

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