{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} International Mission 101: LCMS Mission Work

What have you always wanted to know about LCMS International Missions (but were maybe afraid to ask)?  

End Goals — LCMS Youth Ministry: Church Work Recruitment

There so many ways Christians can serve and live out their vocations. The church also needs professional church workers!

{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} Kitchen Table Talk: Infant Faith

Chaplain Sean Daenzer returns to the Lounge to offer theological hope and comfort for those agonizing over these kinds of questions — comfort based not on human reason or empirical evidence, but on the sure Word of God.

{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} Adventures in Lutheranism (Homeschool Edition): Competitive Speech and Debate

Rachel introduces Sarah and Erin to the world of competitive speech and debate and shares the story of her own family’s ongoing involvement with the NCFCA Christian Speech and Debate. 

End Goals — LCMS Youth Ministry: Exploring the Seven Practices – Where to Start

Mark and Julianna wrap up our series on the Seven Practices of Healthy Youth Ministry with some ideas for practical use and next steps.  

{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} Story Time with Sarah: Birgitte Katerine Boye

Sarah shares the story of Birgitte Katerine Boye in this part Story Time, part Hymn Sing, part ode to Scandinavian Lutheranism.

End Goals — LCMS Youth Ministry: Exploring the Seven Practices – Live Out Their Unique Vocation

In the final episode going through the Seven Practices of Healthy Youth Ministry, we talk with Rev. Dr. Mark Koschmann about helping youth understand vocation and how God has placed them to be His hands and feet in the world.  

{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} Our Favorites, Revisited: “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” Write This Challenge

We revisit a special devotional episode from Good Friday 2024 as we meditate on Christ’s death for our sins. 

End Goals — LCMS Youth Ministry: LCMS Youth Gathering – Gathering Service and Offering

Mark and Julianna discuss the ways in which we serve during the Gathering and how the Gathering offering gets used.

{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} Book Club Wrap Up: The Anxious Generation

Sarah, Erin, and Rachel talk through one of the most talked-about nonfiction books of the year: Jonathan Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.”