From Mission Field to Mission Force

One hundred years ago this summer – in June of 1910 – more than 1200 mission leaders from around the world gathered in Edinburgh to evaluate the progress of world missions and to chart their way into the future. The … (read more)

When Lost in the Woods …

Like so very many of our human family, Lutherans can get lost in the woods. We saw evidence of the frailty a few weeks ago here in Minneapolis. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America gathered in our city in August … (read more)

Rome Matters

  I have been spending some time over the summer in Paul’s Letter to the Romans. The letter is a missionary tract in many ways. Paul asks the sisters and brothers in Rome to join him in mission to Spain. … (read more)