• 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • “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…

  • 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…

  • Meet the Professor: Dr. Jon Vieker

    Meet the Professor: Dr. Jon Vieker

    Concordia Seminary President Dr. Thomas J. Egger sits down with Dr. Jon Vieker, who became associate professor of Practical Theology in August 2021. He also…

  • Meet the Professor: Dr. Ely Prieto

    Meet the Professor: Dr. Ely Prieto

    Concordia Seminary President Dr. Thomas J. Egger sits down with Dr. Ely Prieto, who became associate professor of Practical Theology in July 2021. He also…

  • Conversations in Preaching: Dr. Dean Nadasdy

    Conversations in Preaching: Dr. Dean Nadasdy

    Dr. David Schmitt, the Gregg H. Benidt Memorial Professor of Homiletics and Literature at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, chats with Lutheran theology scholar Dr. Dean…