Month: March 2017

Luther talks about proper almsgiving in his commentary on the Sermon on the Mount.  Alms comes from a word that means mercy.  Mercy is under attack by those who think that our job as church is to pray and preach and individual...

I believe that it was Helmut Thielicke who told a story about visiting a parishioner in his mostly bombed out home after the war. The man was thankful for God’s mercy in having enough of his house bombed out that he didn’t have...

There are those who should no better who treat missions/mercy, congregational stewardship and District needs as a zero sum game.  What we give to mercy work overseas must reduce the pot of money that is available to the local...

Lenkishon is in Massai country south of Nairobi.  It has been a work of great cooperation and collaboration.  We are looking at getting a Mary Okeyo Scholarship trip going soon to send young people over to see these centers and...

The Project 24 Center that was joint work be tween Minnesota North and North Dakota Districts was dedicated and had the ribbon cutting ceremony last week with representatives from the two Districts present.  Here is the ceremony...