Category: Columns

June 2, 2009

Lutherans for Life responds to murder of abortion doctor

The Sunday, May 31 murder of Dr. George Tiller, a Kansas-based doctor who performed late-term abortions, prompted a response from US-based Lutherans for Life. The statement is at http://www.lutheransforlife.org/

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June 2, 2009

What’s in a name?

LCC mission organizations comprising CLAIM (Canadian Lutheran Agencies in Mission) have produced a booklet of 28 meditations on the names for God used in Scripture which reveal His triune nature and character. Download the booklet at www.lutheranmissions.ca.

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June 2, 2009

Congregational budgeting

Congregational budgeting Congregations are always looking at their budgets and depending on who is doing the looking, opinions can have a great variation. The article at http://www.alban.org/conversation.aspx?id=7892 helps identify and understand the people dynamics of congregational budgeting.

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June 2, 2009

Future leaders

Each generation brings to work and volunteering specific strengths and weaknesses. Here is an article written from a secular perspective that provides insight into the Millennial Generation born between 1980 and 1995, today’s young adults and teens http://www.iabc.com/cwb/archive/2009/0509/Petty.htm

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June 2, 2009

Shedding biblical light on Dark Knight

Concordia Publishing House has a new, downloadable Bible study based on the award-winning film, The Dark Knight®, the 2008 Batman film. This six-session Bible study, God’s Light in Gotham’s Darkness, connects the film’s themes to the Lutheran Confessions and Scripture. According to a recent Canadian…

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June 2, 2009

More than technology

Our world is changing in more ways than advancing technology. Take a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3X5hIFXYU and see the challenge the Lord has set before us.

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