God led one of our recent high school graduates to write a wonderful devotional for girls for her senior honors project. The Lutheran Girl/La Chica Luterana is a twelve month devotional geared to pre-teen girls ages 8-11 and is written in two languages, English and Spanish. She wrote the devotional to be studied in a…

He was a veteran, who had lost half of one leg during the war many decades ago.  His dear wife is now under hospice care.  One day, he told me there was something he desperately needed and wanted to know if I could possibly help.   It seems that as a youth, he went through confirmation in the Lutheran church. …

During Lent and Easter, the children (and adults) of Living Springs gave $546 in bucket offering to support the USC Lutheran Campus Ministry students who spent spring break to serve often forgotten disabled adults and abandoned children at homes made possible by Lutheran Service Agencies in St. Croix.   When Campus Pastor Frank Anderson received news that this check was being…

After thinking about singing “Jesus Loves Me” with my grandchildren, I had an epiphany about the experience. While it occurred to me that moments like this are definitely mission moments, I realized something else even more important. I had been singing “Jesus Loves Me” long-distance over the phone while my grandchildren are being driven to…