Lutheran Spirit

Don’t you marvel at a good storyteller? No, not fish stories...although those stories can be entertaining. Storytellers can describe both the details of the event AND bring you to some kind of emotion. It’s a gift to be a storyteller. However, it’s much easier to tell a story when you know the… Read more »

Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us.We will not hide them from their children, but… Read more »

When I was in fifth grade, it was decided that instead of attending the public middle school, I would attend the local Lutheran School. That one small decision impacted my life greatly. Now I am a Lutheran School teacher, married to a Lutheran School teacher, raising my kids in the Lutheran faith… Read more »

Ten years ago, Woodburn Lutheran School’s enrollment was 53.In 1718, enrollment was 122.10 years ago, there was no 7th and 8th grade at WLS. Last year, 23 boys and girls made up the 7th and 8th grade.There’s plenty to be thankful for the churches of Zion and Christ. Their school is attracting… Read more »

In the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapter 5, we read, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Those words have new meaning for me after the recent death of my dear mother-in-law. When I posted my mother-in-law’s obituary on Facebook, many of my friends shared comments of… Read more »

Stan Hines died tonight. Stan was the husband of first grade teacher Mary Hines of St John-Emmanuel Lutheran School. His health deteriorated rapidly recently and only in the last week had entered hospice care.Stan and Mary have understood (and Mary will experience even more in the days ahead) that Lutheran Spirit is… Read more »

Stan Hines died tonight. Stan was the husband of first grade teacher Mary Hines of St John-Emmanuel Lutheran School. His health deteriorated rapidly recently and only in the last week had entered hospice care.Stan and Mary have understood (and Mary will experience even more in the days ahead) that Lutheran Spirit is… Read more »