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October 2007
Volume 11, Number 4
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Vocation: A Defining Point for Lutheran Campus Ministry By Rev. John T. Pless Missouri Synod Lutherans have a long track record for campus ministry going back to initial efforts at the University of Wisconsin, Purdue University, and the University of Minnesota in the early part of the last century. In spite of reduced subsidies from the districts and the lack of the previous synodical support structure, campus ministries continue in many places with evangelical vitality and confessional vigor. |
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Real Time Campus Ministry By Rev. Derek A. Roberts On a Sunday morning in mid-August, I’m looking forward to the start of Fall Semester at The University of Tennessee. I’ll spend three days in the busiest place on campus, armed only with a sidewalk sign and several hundred bottles of water to hand out. It will likely be in the high 90s next week, but I survived last year and will do it again with the goal of reaching out to new students and telling them about Lutheran Campus Ministry (LCMS). |
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The Beginning of Wisdom By Rev. Stuart Crown "Congratulations! Based on your excellent academic record, I am pleased to offer you admission to the Coterminal Master of Science program in Mechanical Engineering." Thus was she greeted in an official correspondence from Stanford University, honored with a privilege and welcomed with a distinctive letterhead...But how will she as theologian be challenged by the world-renowned research institution? |
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Campus Ministry: Scripture, Sisyphus, Sophomores By Rev. Steven Smith It’s a square of stained glass that speaks volumes, conveying the essence of Concordia. Hanging outside the Chapel, the seal shows the sun shining down, its rays illuminating an open Bible and scattered books whose spines read Math, Homer, Shakespeare, Cicero, Goethe. |
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Wellness and You By Rev. Albert Wingfield We live in a world where family life as taught to us in Holy Scripture is challenged from cradle to the grave. Linda Wingfield Krohn, an educator and mother of four, gives a dictionary’s insight in defining wellness. |
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