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  • Short-Film Winners

    Short-Film Winners

    Editor’s note:  This year, sadly, with all of the ambiguities that we continue to experience in the course of this pandemic, we had to cancel…

    January 31, 2022
  • The Faith and Film Festival short film competition: a reflection

    The Faith and Film Festival short film competition: a reflection

    Editor’s note:  This year, sadly, with all of the ambiguities that we continue to experience in the course of this pandemic, we had to cancel…

    January 28, 2022
  • Here’s to Irrelevant Preaching and Teaching

    Here’s to Irrelevant Preaching and Teaching

    In the United States pragmatism is the very air we breathe. It goes back to our country’s roots with Benjamin Franklin and others. We are…

    January 25, 2022
  • NEW LENTEN SERMON SERIES NOW AVAILABLE

    NEW LENTEN SERMON SERIES NOW AVAILABLE

    The familiar words of the Patriarch Joseph, “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good” (Genesis 50:20 ESV) capture…

    January 24, 2022
  • Preach, Sleep, and Play: A Little Encouragement for Busy Pastors

    Preach, Sleep, and Play: A Little Encouragement for Busy Pastors

    Here’s the understatement of the New Year: Pastors are busy people! Coming out of the hectic Christmas season, pastors look a bit worn out as…

    January 18, 2022
  • Preachers Studio: David Maxwell

    Preachers Studio: David Maxwell

    The journey from text to pulpit can be a long and winding road, filled with false starts, surprising discoveries, and hard choices along the way.…

    January 12, 2022
  • When Pastor Becomes Professor

    When Pastor Becomes Professor

    Now I understand Lionel Richie. “Easy like Sunday morning.” While serving in the parish, Sunday mornings were busy, and they gave birth to more activity…

    January 11, 2022
  • “By Kindly Powers”: A Poem for the New Year by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

    “By Kindly Powers”: A Poem for the New Year by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

    Editor’s Note:  At the start of this New Year we are pleased to publish this fresh translation of Bonhoeffer’s poem “Von guten Mächten” by Pastor…

    January 3, 2022
  • Faith and Film and a Fan of Sci-Fi

    Faith and Film and a Fan of Sci-Fi

    I do not regard myself as a movie-buff, by any means.  I watch movies but most of the time I only have the energy for…

    December 20, 2021
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Free, confessional Lutheran Spanish-language resou
Free, confessional Lutheran Spanish-language resources are in high demand globally, as evidenced by 48,000 downloads, as of August 2025, of the Recursos en español digital collection on the Scholar institutional repository managed by the Kristine Kay Hasse Memorial Library at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. The collection, which continues to grow, offers theological articles, Bible studies, course content and liturgical materials aimed at serving Spanish-speaking church leaders, students and congregations around the world. Read more at csl.edu/newsroom.


The Seminary Guild is beginning a new year — and
The Seminary Guild is beginning a new year — and for the first time, you can register online!

Join fellow members and guests for the opening luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 12 in Koburg Hall. Enjoy food, fellowship and a special presentation as we begin the 2025–26 program year supporting the Seminary community, its students and their families, and staff.

Everyone is welcome — please register by Aug. 30 at csl.edu/sem-guild-luncheon.

View the full program schedule and learn more about the Seminary Guild at https://www.csl.edu/support/seminary-guild/.


Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Gen. 15:1–6; Psalm

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost	
Gen. 15:1–6; Psalm 33:12–22; Heb. 11:1–16; Luke 12:22–34 (35–40)


Movies are a powerful medium that both shape and r
Movies are a powerful medium that both shape and reflect society. This fall, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (CSL) and Concordia University, St. Paul (CSP), St. Paul, Minn., are partnering to offer a unique opportunity to examine film through the lens of faith. The six-week virtual continuing education course, “Movies and Mission,” invites participants to explore how popular films can help Christians better understand and engage with the world around them in their witness to the Gospel.

“Cinema offers one important lens through which Christians can better understand the culture in which we have been called to confess the Lord Jesus Christ and bear witness to His Gospel,” said Dr. David Lewis, one of the instructors for the course and the Dr. Jack Dean Kingsbury Professor of New Testament Theology at Concordia Seminary.

Read more at csl.edu/newsroom.



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