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Church Worker Wellness – Week 51 devotion: Spiritual wellness

There are others on this path with us. There are angels watching over us, and there are Everlasting Arms beneath us.

Propers in Time of Pestilence

When calamity and death strike, we do not put God on trial to accuse or excuse His unexplainable actions in the world. Instead, we implore His grace in the name…

Reflections on LCMS Mercy Medical Team mission trip to Uganda

A volunteer Mercy Medical Team from The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and a local medical team provided health care to about 1,000 patients from a remote village in Uganda in 2019.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 50 devotion: Physical wellness

The Light of God still shines when living with cancer and while caring for someone with cancer.

Crying for help and finding none

God is faithful. He doesn’t leave us. He doesn’t forsake us. He does and will bring help.

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – March 2020 newsletter

LCMS Stewardship Ministry addresses the recurring question of the theology of electronic giving. It can certainly be used for God’s glory, but it also can be abused.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 49 devotion: Spiritual wellness

When might you be most vulnerable spiritually as a pastor or church worker?

Life Together with President Harrison – February 2020

In this month’s Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, invites you to attend two upcoming events.

LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission – Webinar: ‘Create Vibrant Multi-Ethnic Ministries’

Hosted by LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission, Rev. Eric Linthicum presents a free webinar titled “Create Vibrant Multi-Ethnic Ministries.”

Church Worker Wellness – Week 48 devotion: Vocational wellness

As prisoners of sin, we are each set free through Christ to be a prisoner of the Lord.

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – February 2020 newsletter

LCMS Stewardship Ministry offers a reminder that the Lord uses every gift that He has entrusted to His stewards and knits them together into a beautiful tapestry of Gospel ministry.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 47 devotion: Emotional wellness

I bear in my body the life-giving change that happened when I was baptized — when Jesus claimed me as His own.

One day with an LCMS short-term mission team in Puerto Rico

Through The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Short-Term Mission program, a volunteer team from St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Esko, Minn., served in Puerto Rico in November 2019. Here’s what a day in life of that team looked like, written by one of the team members.

Church Worker Wellness – Week 46 devotion: Emotional wellness

We often tell those in distress not to be anxious, but we quickly find out in moments of stress and trial how hard they are to apply.

Bullying in the congregation

We don’t need to holler “Bully! Bully!” at the next voters’ meeting. We are, however, called to acknowledge and call to account behavior that is directly admonished in Scripture.