Dr. Jim Seemann, District Correctional Ministry Coordinator, details how the New Freedom Store has adapted to help as many people as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. The New Freedom Store may no longer have a brick-and-mortar address. It is based, instead, on another principle: anywhere that human kindness intersects with human need.
Read MoreAt times, we all feel buried by our situations in life. Lent leads us down a road to seeing how Jesus resurrects us to be buried no more. Baptized into His life, fed by His sacramental body and blood, we are wrapped into the life of Jesus right here and right now, unto all eternity. Our identity is rooted in the freedom from death and burial that Christ freely gives us.
Read MoreMinnesota South District President Lucas Woodford shares some guidance and encouragement as we all wrestle with how best to respond to the current COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.
Read MoreThe Spring 2020 edition of Engaged in Mission magazine is now available! This quarter, take a peek with us inside various schools and congregations that are intentionally cultivating the next generation of Christian leaders. There’s no one-size-fits-all solution to engaging and empowering young people. God’s children are all unique, so it takes innovation, flexibility, and passion to nurture each of them into the leaders God created them to be.
Read More“Lead us not into temptation.” There is something very earnest and important about these five words—especially as we face daily temptation from our sinful nature and from the devil. Yet we must remember that the Word incarnate gives us hope and victory over temptation.
Read MoreJesus came to seek, to serve, and to save. He is utterly and completely your Savior and mine. And we are His disciples. As Jesus serves us, He sends us to serve others in our daily vocations because the service we give to others is an expression of God’s action through us.
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