Lent is a somber season of the church. Reflecting on our sin week after week can feel heavy and sad at times, but being reminded of Jesus’ never ending love and protection for all of us brings us comfort. Remembering that even though we didn’t...
Happy Lent.Well that sounds odd. We don’t typically think about the season of Lent as being a happy one. Lent is a time for us to remember why we need a Savior and to reflect on our human nature as sinners. That doesn’t exactly make...
When I sit down to write these introductions for you each month, I have a few pastor friends that I turn to for inspiration. If you don’t have a friend who can inspire you to think about God’s word, I would encourage you this month...
Happy New Year!!! Here we are again. The start of a new year. I continue to revel at the cycles of each year that God has blessed us with. Things to look forward to and things that are consistently ahead of us. “To every thing there...
Partnerships are everywhere in our Christian faith: partnerships with our fellow believers, partnerships with our home churches, partnerships with the pastors that guide us, and most ultimately our partnership with God. In Philippians 1: 3-6 we are reminded by God that partnerships are necessary to share the good...
Autumn is the time for many churches and women’s groups in the US to hold mission festivals, LWMS rallies and women’s group gatherings. As members of the CAMM committee, we are often asked to speak about CAMM at these gatherings. It is always a privilege and a joy...
Gratitude takes practice. I was recently encouraged to think more deeply about the ways I practice gratitude. Particularly in the U.S., most experience a relatively comfortable life filled with many things that some would find a luxury. It can be easy to slip into a mindset of apathy...
Finding the joy at clinic As you read blogs, self-help books and Facebook posts, they seem to have one common theme: How do you find your joy and happiness in life? You may look around and joy seems to be missing in so many areas of...
Greetings from CAMM, Doesn’t it feel great when things are going well? How quickly do we pat ourselves on the back when successes come into our lives? But what about when things aren’t going so well? Then what do we do? God’s word reminds us that whether...
I hope you had a wonderful Independence Day celebration earlier this month. Each year on the 4th of July, I am reminded about what freedom really means for a Christian. Thanks to the sacrifice of my savior, Jesus, I can live with freedom and peace...