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Created to Be
By Pastor Nita Parker, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Hills
February 07, 2024
“Created to Be” is the theme for the summer program at Shetek Lutheran Ministries for summer 2024. Our theme verse is Psalm 139:14 “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well.” In our Bible studies each day we will be looking at passages that show God’s love for us and how He knows us intimately. The verse before our theme verse, Psalm…
Luther on Thanksgiving
By Pastor Andrew Palmquist, Bethany Lutheran Church, Luverne
November 26, 2023
As you might imagine, a national day of Thanksgiving wasn’t part of Martin Luther’s life. Thanksgiving Day is an American phenomenon. Although Americans were celebrating Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday in November since the first presidential proclamation in 1863, it wasn’t “official” until congressional legislation in 1941 made Thanksgiving Day a national holiday. Martin Luther did…
The Church is a hospital! How so?
By Pastor Josh Hayden, Living Rock Church, Luverne
October 11, 2023
(Editor's Note: Due to space limitations in the Sept. 12, 2023, Rock County Star Herald, Pastor Hayden's column was shortened. This on-line version is the column at the original length.) The Church is a hospital! How so? It is a saying that many people know and even proclaim: the Church is a hospital! It is a place for broken, hurt and lost people to come. It is not a museum for those who…
Tired of the lies
By Pastor Jeremy Wiersema, Reformed Church of Steen
September 01, 2023
To the brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ our Lord: May the peace of Christ be in you and with you always. I am writing you today because there is a problem. We are all being lied to. Our culture, the powers that be, the rulers and authorities in this land have been working for decades to silence us. They have told us that we must keep our faith to ourselves. That it is not welcome in the…

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