Item Type: Books

Based on the ecclesiological foundation of the gift of being teachers and learners together, this book address providing a trustworthy learning environment, methods, faith development, lifelong learning, confirmation ministry, teacher training, and the public vocation of educational ministry. It has an underlying Lutheran viewpoint for ecumenical use in parish, college and seminary.

The authors, the faculty of Wartburg Theological Seminary, demonstrated the unity of the church in its diversity. A peer among them, Professor Everist encouraged authors in content and process to deepen their differences, not hide them, thus modeling how the church can be the body of Christ in the midst of its greatest challenges. As difficult as it is, we need one another.

The book presents both the biography and work of women hymn writers from Scandinavia, two from Denmark, two from Norway, two from Sweden, with a concluding chapter on what the author herself learned about the writing of Lutheran hymn from her study.

Drawing from the vast collection of Luther‘s sermons and other works, editor Gracia Grindal here selects forty inspiring passages that raise profound truths about faith and life. Includes a short introduction to Luther‘s life, journal-writing exercises and daily prayers. A rich resource for personal meditation or small group discussion. An inspiring companion anytime. Ideal for traveling through the seasons of Advent and Lent.

A new translation of Linka Preus‘ diary, with her sketches, re-discovered and annotated by Grindal. They show some of the first pictorial images of the founding of the Lutheran churches, especially the woman‘s world, among the Norwegian Americans and some of the Missouri Synod as the two traditions intersected.

A series of hymn texts on the weekly lectionary Gospel texts of Series C.

A series of hymn texts on the weekly lectionary Gospel texts of Series B.

A series of hymn texts on the weekly lectionary Gospel texts of Series A.

A collection of poems on life in the Midwestern Lutheran world.

Helps on understanding the life and origin of some of our greatest Lutheran hymns.