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July 2000
Volume Four, Number Three
 
F E A T U R E S

The Cute, the Cool, and the Catechized

By Dr. Gene E. Veith,
Professor of Humanities,
Concordia University, Mequon, Wis.

Even within regular-sized, one-worship-service congregations, there is generational segregation. Lutheran casualties of the worship wars might be surprised to hear that liturgical worship is now being hailed as the style of both the present and the future.

Are Today's Ears Hearing the Timeless Message?:
Law and Gospel for Every Generation

By the Rev. Dr. Carl C. Fickenscher II,
Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Missions,
Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind.

God's message is for all times, for all people. The Church's task is to proclaim that message to the world. Is the Word actually being received by all generations?

Holding Dear Herman

By the Rev. D. Richard Stuckwish, Jr.,
Pastor of Emmaus Lutheran Church,
South Bend, Ind.

This sermon was prepared for a funeral of an infant who passed away the night following his birth.

Yours, Mine or Ours: Teenagers'
Perceptions of Church Music

By Dr. Barbara J. Resch,
Coordinator of Music Education,
Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne,
and Director of Children's Choir, St. Paul's Lutheran Church,
Fort Wayne, Ind.

Planners of youth gatherings and youth services typically assume that teenagers will be most open to the hearing of God's Word when it is carried by the styles of rock and popular music. There are several concerns with this approach to choosing music for worship, not the least of which is that it may be based on false assumption about teens' relationship to the music they consider "theirs."

In the Field:

By Pam Knepper
Managing Editor, For the Life of the World 
Featuring the Rev. Martin Stahl, Regional Chaplain for Navy Region Southwest, San Diego, Calif.
 
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