Challenged to be Open to God’s Surprises
By the Rev. Marcus C. Lohrmann In the spring of 1993, Trinity Seminary asked our congregation to consider becoming an internship site for a geographically restricted student. Although I was excited by...
View ArticleThe Stories of Isaiah and Pepe
By the Rev. William O. Avery You and I learn much about living as faithful stewards from the examples of others. For example, let’s examine the calls of two men, hoping thereby that we can examine,...
View ArticleThe Church’s Call to Environmental Stewardship
By Gilson A.C. Waldkoening What does the gospel and the ministry of the church offer to a world concerned about its natural environment? Many people throughout the church – farmers, business people,...
View ArticleLighting the First Candle
Lent is the time when the church/congregation calls its people to live sacrificially in order to deepen faith. Jesus is held up as a model of this faith building life found in sacrifice. The...
View ArticleFive Principles of Stewardship in the Congregation
Unless we as leaders/servants in the church personally own something or acknowledge its faithful presence in our lives, it becomes difficult to accept the responsibility to care for it. Developing...
View ArticleA Steward’s Take on the Apostles Creed
I want to begin by telling you of a conversation I had with one of our bishops while on an itinerary in his synod. His father had been ailing, so he decided to take some time off and go back to the...
View ArticleGrace & Gratitude Grow Givers
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.” So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel....
View ArticleZacchaeus, Patron Saint for Stewards
Zacchaeus was a wee little man, a wee little man was he. He climbed up in the Sycamore tree for the Lord he wanted to see. And when the Savior passed that way He looked up in the tree. And He said,...
View ArticleEnvironmental Awareness for Confirmands
One aspect of the Christian life that often gets little attention in most Lutheran confirmation programs is environmental stewardship. Granted, most programs will touch on this subject when discussing...
View ArticleCan Stewardship be More Inviting?
In my position as Professor of Stewardship, I speak to many groups of clergy and laity about the meaning of stewardship. I often begin my presentations by posing some questions. A question I invariably...
View ArticleThe Positives of Pledging
By Clint Schroeder In my 30-plus years of being involved in stewardship programming across the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean, I have heard a lot of comments about pledging. Many were...
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