Jun 14, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
Maureen and I have a martial conflict, not real serious, nevertheless….. Before we were married, she went to church every Sunday with her offering envelope in hand. An important part of worship for her included placing the envelope in the offering plate as the plate...
Jun 5, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
It was the spring of 1957 when Dad steered the ’56 Ford onto the newly opened stretch of Interstate Highway 70 from Salina to Abilene, Kansas. On that four-lane open road, Dad held the Ford V8 to a few mph over 70, yielding not to the temptation to drive 90 mph and...
May 29, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
Five members of LCM will represent our church as “Voting Members” to the annual Metro Chicago Synod Assembly June 7-8. Approximately 500 voting members to the Assembly are the legislative authority as defined in the Synod’s constitution. They will review the work of...
May 20, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
The curriculum for Confirmation students at Lutheran Church of the Master follows a three year cycle. During the first year, students study Martin Luther’s Small Catechism, Luther’s “road map” through the Bible. In his Small Catechism, Luther identifies five...
May 15, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
Oliver Brown took his daughter Linda to the nearby Sumner Public School in Topeka, Kansas in the fall of 1951 to enroll her in the school. She was denied enrollment because she was black and the school’s students were all white. With the help of the NAACP’s legal...
May 7, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
On September 26, 1983, 44 year old Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov of the Soviet Air Defense Forces was on duty at the secret command center outside Moscow monitoring early warning satellites over the United States. Alarms sounded warning of a launch of five...
