Maybe it seems to you like I’m jumping the gun, but the church year does indeed begin with the First Sunday in Advent, which was November 27th this year. Advent, of course, is all about the Lord’s …
Why Does Zion Remove People From Membership?
There are certain practices of our congregation that aren’t always well-understood or appreciated. Perhaps at the very top of the list for many is our practice of removing people from membership in …
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Bringing Lutheran Family Service to SD
At our convention this past December, the South Dakota District of the LCMS voted to extend and expand its partnership with Lutheran Family Service (LFS), an LCMS organization based in Iowa that …
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“No Need to Guess About the Gesima!”
For the past couple years, we have been observing the One-Year lectionary in our worship services. As opposed to the Three-Year cycle we’d been using, the One-Year repeats readings every single year. …
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2022 – The Year of the Bible
Last year, the elders and I studied together a fascinating book called Built on the Rock by Ted Kober. The central thesis is that the 21st century American church is struggling with Biblical …
An Invitation
It is pretty clear from even a cursory reading of the New Testament that the Holy Spirit is present in the Lord’s church actively creating and sustaining faith through the forgiveness of sins …
