by Cheryl Olsen | Faith & Fellowship magazine, WMCLB
Families uproot their lives, seminary students begin classes in small-town Fergus Falls, Minnesota, their kids start new schools, and in the midst of the chaos, seminary women invest in a weekend get-away to bond together, along with seminary faculty wives. Women’s...
by Nick Mundis | Faith & Fellowship magazine, North American Mission
I have a deep personal connection to the family of congregations that we call the Church of the Lutheran Brethren. You might think the reason I feel this way is because I’ve been a pastor in the CLB for many years. That is true, but that really isn’t the source of my...
by Dan Vanberg | Faith & Fellowship magazine, International Mission
As I enjoyed a hike with Ethan and Sandy Christofferson in the highlands of western Taiwan, I was in awe of the local grass that towered over my head. That’s right… grass! Bamboo is the most common grass on the planet, boasting over 1,400 different species! It is the...
by Brent Juliot | Faith & Fellowship magazine
You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, “We have Abraham as our father” (Luke 3:7-8). This is the warm greeting of John the Baptist to the crowds coming to hear...
by Faith & Fellowship | Faith & Fellowship magazine, Lutheran Brethren Seminary, North American Mission
I am a missionary. Where, you ask? Everywhere, but mainly in Parker, Colorado. The Lord called me from Lutheran Brethren Seminary to Arvada, Colorado, where I would serve eight years at Community In Christ Lutheran Brethren Church. Having grown up in the Midwest, a...
by David N. | Faith & Fellowship magazine, International Mission, Lutheran Brethren Seminary
I was in the middle of my first year of seminary, sitting next to my wife Sonja during a J-term presentation by Dan Venberg about LBIM’s mission work, when I first really heard about the work our Church has been called to and the need for missionaries. Afterward, as...
