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Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

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Date:: October 6, 2019

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Registration closes MONDAY for Dr. Abjar Bahkou’

Registration closes MONDAY for Dr. Abjar Bahkou’s online workshop, “Muslims and the Gospel, from Challenges to Opportunities: Getting to Know Our Muslim Friends.” Set for June 22–24, this workshop will encourage you to befriend Muslims as people God loves and equip you to share the Gospel with them. See the tentative workshop schedule and register at csl.edu/workshop-series.

#MeyerMinute for May 29: Dear Father, thank You f

#MeyerMinute for May 29:

Dear Father, thank You for being so close to us in our problems.

I confess my weak faith; so often we wonder, where are You in our problems? The violence erupting from the death of George Floyd, the deep pain it reveals in so many people, anguishes us for our common life together. You have said, “Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream” (Amos 5:24). We don’t see Your will being done. And this in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic covering America with the pall of death. We grieve the loved ones lost, and layoffs terrify us about our future. When will You “swallow up death forever” and “wipe away tears from all faces” (Isaiah 25:8)? And other troubles in my life. … Oh indeed, I live in this moment as if You are not near, as if You’re not leading me.

Father in heaven, Sunday we’ll be assured again of Your close presence. As You are omnipresent, Your Holy Spirit is omnipresent. “For the spirit of the Lord fills the world, is all embracing, and knows whatever is said” (Apocryphal Wisdom of Solomon, 1:7, NABRE). Close by my side, You hear our words and sighs of pain, of grief, of fear, uttered in weakness of faith. That old Adam doubter still lingers in my being. “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him” (1 Corinthians 2:14), but Your Spirit has given me new birth, has rolled over me with the justifying waters of Jesus. “But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God” (1 Corinthians 6:11). Your Spirit hears my sighs, my words, and speaks to me of Jesus.

So my dear Father, this child of Yours looks out, sees the news, sees our troubles, sees our torn society. My eyes see what they see, but Pentecost assures me that You are close, in my life, in my being and in Your church with the hope and help of Jesus. We live trusting the eternal life and justice that You promise us in Him. Oh, we need Pentecost! Amen, it shall be so!

Dr. Dale A. Meyer
President
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

“The Gospel of Jesus is not a virtual experience

“The Gospel of Jesus is not a virtual experience. It’s flesh-and-blood Good News for us creatures, shared within our church family and inviting all lonely people to His love.” Read more of today’s #MeyerMinute on Facebook @concordiasem.

By letter today to the Concordia Seminary, St. Lou

By letter today to the Concordia Seminary, St. Louis Board of Regents, President of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind. (CTSFW) Dr. Lawrence R. Rast Jr. declined the call to serve as Concordia Seminary’s 11th president and will continue to serve as president at CTSFW. Read more on our website. Link in bio.

Military chaplains from @thelcms are sent even to

Military chaplains from
@thelcms are sent even to Antarctica! Concordia Seminary alum Rev. James Buckman ('96) served there for two months last year. Check out an interview with him at engage.lcms.org.

"'The goal of faith is the salvation of your souls

"'The goal of faith is the salvation of your souls' (1 Peter 1:9). Amidst spiritual indifference, Jesus shows us where we get a faith that will not shrink." Read more of today's #MeyerMinute from @DaleMeyerda on Facebook @concordiasem

“A somber Memorial Day weekend invites Americans

“A somber Memorial Day weekend invites Americans to rethink how we act toward others. … ‘Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.’” Read more of today’s #MeyerMinute on Facebook @ConcordiaSem.

This week's peaceful campus scene. As First Lady D

This week's peaceful campus scene. As First Lady Diane Meyer says, "Nature without much human interaction is practically bursting at its seams. Birds are everywhere in big numbers and most likely will come bees and butterflies. It's an amazing sight." Photo credit: Diane Meyer

"We are not having time to grieve. To be healed on

"We are not having time to grieve. To be healed on the other side, we need to take time now to grieve. Some prayers from the liturgy for a funeral service." Read more in today's #MeyerMinute from Seminary President Dr. Dale A. Meyer on Facebook @concordiasem