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1 — Hospitality That Feels Like Home: Building a Culture Where People Feel Known & Loved
2 — High-Impact Sermons EVERY Time: The Pathfinder Collaborative Preaching Process
3 — Sunday Volunteer Teams that THRIVE
4 — I Don’t Speak Your Language, But God Does
5 — Everything Communicates
6 — The Experience Gap: Moving Toward One Another in Ministry
7 — AI and the Word: Increasing Access to Scripture Without Compromising Its Integrity
8 — Your small church CAN evangelize, grow, and flourish! Reversing aging and decline in small churches.
9 — The Conflict Hack: How to Fight Like David and Win Like Jesus
10 — The Pathfinder Principles: Four next steps for an abundant Christian life—that also have the power to stem the decline of the Lutheran church!
11 — Missional ROI: The Unexpected Value of Global Partnerships
12 — Living with Pain and Suffering
13 — Ministry is Hard! So What!
14 — Kindling, Keeping, and Cherishing Gospel-Centered Relationships
15 — Discerning God's Calling: The Importance of Practice in Raising up Church Workers
16 — Kristen Duarte
17 — Grow Faith, Church, & Kingdom Through Simple Acts of Kindness
18 — Around the Table: Honest Conversations About Multiethnic Ministry
19 — From Battle ship to Cruise ship to Life boats; how to equip our children positively to navigate the storms of culture that assault them.
20 — We Can’t Heal What We Won’t Feel: Emotional Healing in the Church
21 — Pornography, Shame, and the Church: Helping People Instead of Hiding Them
22 — The Believer in Politics
23 — PEASAGL: The Seven Deadly Sins
24 — Beyond the Checklist: Helping Confirmation Students Own Their Faith
25 — From Sticky Notes to Systems: Reshaping Church Communications for Modern Ministry
26 — Finishing Well: Staying Helpful and Grace-Filled in our Golden Years
27 — Christian Historical Fiction for Lutherans
28 — Blame it on the Boomers
29 — The Myth of Sprechen Sie Deutsch: What 19th Century Lutherans Can Teach Us About Missions
30 — Helping People Become More Than They Believe They Can Become
31 — Faithful and Relevant: Ancient Truth. A Changing World.
32 — Caring for Transgender People in our Ministries
33 — Ministry Partnership Journey
34 — Stewards, Not Heroes: A Practical Framework for Faithful Ministry Leadership
35 — The Enchanted Calendar: Recovering the Church Year as Sacred Story
36 — The Circle of Salvation
37 — Pleasant Beard Oil OR Wormwood and Gall?
38 — Missionary Myths
39 — They Came to Church. Now What?: Building a Pathway for Lifelong Discipleship
40 — Leading While Leaving…How to Retire and Successfully Pass the Baton
41 — Growing Leaders in an Age of Exclusivity
42 — Extraordinary Storytelling: Connecting Our Ordinary to God's Extraordinary
43 — Sacred Inspiration: Revolutionary Discipleship for Today
44 — More Than a Role: Living Loved in the Everyday Work of Ministry
46 — How Mental Disorders Disrupt Families
47 — You Don't Have to Carry Everything: Don't let caring become carrying. Learn to Entrust
48 — Covered by God: Three Powerful tools you must use daily
49 — Light Bulb! supply clarity to misunderstood but oh so important biblical texts using memorable hacks?
50 — Taking Your Youth Ministry to the Next Level
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51 — 5 Responsibilities for Integrating AI Wisely
52 — Finding Clarity, Discerning Your Church's Unique Calling
53 — Act Your Size: Leading Well as Your Church Grows
54 — Bringing Bible Stories to Life
55 — Smarter Staffing for Youth Ministry: How Modular Scheduling Transforms Sunday School and VBS
56 — From Programs to People: Creating a Culture of Disciples Who Make Disciples
57 — What’s Playing on Repeat? Changing the rhythms that shape your life
58 — The Gift of Intelligence (Human and Artificial) applied to Faith
59 — Teachers in the Trenches: Time for S.O.S.
60 — What does "Traditional Worship" even mean?
61 — Avoiding burnout in church work
62 — How to Be a Christian in a Pluralistic Age
63 — When You Go Big for God, but God Takes You Small (and Takes Every Step with You)
64 — PTSD, Pastors and the Gospel
65 — Sharing Faith Naturally in Conversation
66 — Stop Posting. Start Communicating.
67 — Five Miles from Your Steeple: Building a Congregational Senior Living Ministry
68 — Looking for Jesus in the Old Testament
69 — Nuke the Silos…Launch Family Discipleship
70 — 1 Minute to Start Each Day with Joy and Purpose
71 — REMEMBER - A Word of Hope For Broken Lives in a Broken World
72 — Start a Prison Ministry from Your Pew: A Congregation Starter Kit
73 — FROM CONFIRMATION TO COMMISSION: Moving People from the Classroom to the Everyday Mission Field
74 — WHY MINISTRY GETS STUCK—AND HOW TO GET MOVING AGAIN
75 — Seven Ways to Supercharge Your Prayer Life
76 — CAN LUTHERANS GO ON PILGRIMAGE?
77 — WHEN MINISTRY OUTGROWS THE METHOD
78 — THE TITLE CAME BEFORE THE TRAINING
79 — Fidgets, Buddies, and More - Inclusive Ministry
80 — The Mystical Body of Christ: What Is It? And How Does It Impact Communion Practices?
81 — Unity is Worth Fighting For
82 — Cash Reserve Stewardship: Best Practices
83 — Really Funny
84 — Mythbusters: How to streamline the business of church
85 — Never Alone In the Storm
86 — Faith, Sweat, and Young Adults: Equipping the Next Generation of Disaster Response
87 — Talking About Jesus Makes Me Feel Anxious...
88 — Leading with Vision and Mission: Rekindling a Passion for Jesus and His Mission
89 — HR Toolkit for Lutheran Schools, Childcare Centers, and Church Offices
90 — God [Damn][Bless] You!
91 — Ask a District President
92 — Can There Be Forgiveness without Reconciliation?
93 — I Know I Have That Somewhere… Bookmarks, Templates, AI & Simple Systems for Busy Ministry Leaders
94 — Your Ministry has Vitality! Revitalization Made Simple
95 — When Leadership Wounds the Church: Dark Leadership, Organizational Trauma, and the LCMS Story
96 — More Than a Question: Listening for the Faith, Fear, Hurt, and Hope Behind What Students Ask
97 — Culture Starts With You! Leading From Where You Are
98 — Better Together: Building Strong Parent Partnerships
99 — Creativity in Catechesis
100 — Planting Seeds You May Never See Grow
101 — The Art of the Christmas Program
102 — 4D Youth Ministry: Teaching for Holistic Spiritual Formation
103 — Beyond “I’ll Pray for You”: Building Ministries That Walk with Hurting People
104 — The 8th Grade Monopoly: Breaking the tradition of 'Confirmation-only" Altar Access
105 — Best Practices and Policies for Ministry Legal Health
106 — Celebration Sundays!
107 — Grace for the Grieving
108 — More Than Artificial: Faith and Formation in an AI World
109 — Abiding in Christ: Why Your Worldview Matters
110 — Spiritual Warfare: What Is It and What Really Works? A Prayerful and Practical Guide
111 — Christian Intentionality
112 — The gift of being with: Sharing Immanuel with others by being present.
113 — Leading Together: Church & School Relationships
114 — Building relations with people from other cultures: A panel discussion on ministry among international students
115 — Building A Better Budget
116 — Living to Glorify God
117 — Before You Plant a Church: Preparing the Soil for Mission
118 — Making Room for Mission: Building a Ministry of Presence
119 — From Pews to Posts: Four Practices for Faithful Digital Witness
120 — Discipling Z and Alpha: Exploring How to Raise Up the Church's Next Generation of Leaders
121 — How to Avoid "Discipleship Dead Ends!"
122 — Teaching Grammar Simply and with a Purpose
123 — Using HyFlex to Reach a Larger Audience
124 — AI Without the Hype: A Practical Introduction
125 — AI and Lutheran Identity: Building Confessional Guardrails for Ministry
126 — Building Bigger Tables: Inviting Community Leaders into Your Church
127 — Band of Misfits: Creating and Maintaining a Healthy Staff Culture
128 — Unstuck: Finding Your School's Right Next Step
129 — Clarify Your Ministry's Story: Don't Overthink It
130 — Recent Developments at Concordia University Chicago
131 — God's Peace For the Anxious Heart
132 — When Church Hurts
133 — Best Practices in School Safety: A framework and practical tactics to help you remain calm and adaptive
134 — Pathway to Stability: Walking With Homeless Neighbors
135 — Creating or Revitalizing a Senior Group at your Church
136 — My Personal Struggle with God's Calling in My Life and Ministry
137 — Revolutionize Your Worship Planning: Meet Weave
138 — Sr. Pastor Transition -- A way to transfer Trust to a new Sr. Leader
139 — How To Stay Balanced In This Season of Life
140 — The Songwriter Initiative - Concert Singalong!
141 — The Joy of Dieing
142 — The 5 Mistakes Communicators Make (And How To Avoid Them)
143 — When Your Best Practices Aren’t Enough
144 — How Parents of Prodigals Can Be Your Church’s Greatest Asset In Reaching The Lost
145 — I Have a Prodigal, Now What?
146 — But You Don’t Look Like a Missionary! (10 Traits of Effective Missionaries—and What They Mean for Senders)
147 — What If Retirement Is Just the Beginning?
148 — Martin Luther and Mental Health, Part 1: How Luther's Experiences and Theology Informed His Perspective
149 — The Question Beneath the Conflict: Building Trust and a Healthier Ministry Culture
150 — 13 Things I Want Future Church Workers to Hear on the 1st Day of Their 1st Ministry Class
151 — Talking Baseball: How to Turn a Trip to the Ballpark into a Mission Trip
152 — Scenario Planning for Ministries
153 — The Five Types of Governance in the Missouri Synod
154 — The State of Placement: A Current Look at LCMS Placement Data
155 — The Praying Leader
156 — Fables, Riddles, Proverbs and Faith Formation
157 — Martin Luther and Mental Health, Part 2: Using Luther's Theological Instruction and Practical Counsel to Help Others in Emotional Distress
158 — Ten Treasures of Learning to Pray
159 — Only 5 mistakes in 40 years of ministry
160 — Small Towns, Big Opportunities: The Mission Field Outside the City
161 — Seizing the Moment: Reaching and Discipling Gen Z
162 — Across the Divide: Bridging Barriers to the Gospel with Jewish People and Muslims
163 — From Acts To Action
164 — Invitation NOT Expectation
165 — Shepherding Your Flock
166 — Small Groups With Big Impact
167 — What Car Dealerships Can Tell Us About the Future of the Church
168 — A Culture Dressed as Doctrine
169 — “What We Say vs. What We Do: Aligning Ministry Priorities.”
170 — Be There
171 — You are a Unique and Unreproducible Miracle of God
172 — Retirement and Missions
173 — Does your Church and School need a Safety and Security Plan?
174 — Faith Integration: A New Practice
175 — THREE SHIFTS NECESSARY, TWO BARRIERS TO BREAK THROUGH AND ONE THING ESSENTIAL TO MULTIPLY DISCIPLE-MAKERS
176 — Clarity and Alignment - The Keys to Unlock FORWARD Momentum
177 — Effective Meetings - Engaged Participants
178 — Owner, Lepley Consulting LLC
179 — Understanding Restricted, Unrestricted and Endowment Funds
180 — Who Owns Execution? Developing Executive Directors in Lutheran Churches
181 — Beyond Attendance: Church Metrics That Lead to Action
182 — We Sold Our Church to Fund Missions
183 — Ignite Men's Ministry through God's Word
184 — We Sold Our Church to Fund Missions
185 — Beyond the Mission Trip: Turning One Week of Service into Lasting Discipleship
186 — Preaching and Teaching Apologetically
187 — Everyday Apologetics: “What Do You Say When…”
188 — Next Stop: LCMS Youth Gathering 2028
189 — WHAT MAKES A TEAM WORK WELL? SOME RESEARCH ANSWERS FROM THE REAL WORLD.
190 — The Capacity Continuum-Maintaining Healthy Balance as You Minister to Many
191 — After School Care for Teens with Disabilites
192 — From the Sidelines to the Front Lines: Using Sports, Summer Ministry, and Young Leaders to Reach Your Community
193 — Church Financial Health - Through the Eyes of a Lender
194 — Meet Your Future Retired Self
195 — Your Financial Wellness Toolkit
196 — Deliver Us: God's Rescue Story in Exodus
197 — Engaging Parents in Simple and Effective Ways
198 — Plug In! Your church and international mission
199 — Peace Before Panic: What to Do When Pressure Becomes Overwhelming
200 — Here for Good: Bringing Jesus into Business and Community Relationships
201 — Hope-Mungers in Difficult Times
202 — Communication Technology in the Local Church: Using Technology to Connect People, Communicate Ministry, and Share the Gospel
203 — Taste the Story. Serve the Gospel.
204 — The Devil Does Not Know Your Name
205 — Jail Ministry - Yes You Can!
206 — Youth Need To Know Why They Are Not Mutated Pond Scum!
207 — Youth and Children's Ministry through the Family Discipleship Lens
208 — Is Your Church Ready for the Great Wealth Transfer?
209 — Keeping Your Musicians Spiritually and Musically Engaged
210 — Here come the Boomers! Life In the Later Years
211 — Burnout: More than Tired: Understanding the Fire Before You Feel the Flames
212 — When the Lion Won’t Stop Roaring: Finding Understanding and Hope in Anxiety
213 — Canva 101 - How-tos, tips and tricks
214 — Where Everybody Knows Your Name...Fostering Meaningful Connections in your Ministry
215 — Autism Support Group of the Foothills / A Ministry of St. Peter's Lutheran Church
216 — Being an effective school leader isn’t about knowing all the answers. It’s about daring to ask better questions.
217 — Hey you! You should go on a Sabbatical!
218 — Discover 4 Absolutes to Provide A Better Than World Class Experience at your School.
219 — Hispanic Ministry, How to Start and Sustain
220 — Church and School Partnerships
221 — Mission Grant Writing 101: Preparing a Strong LWML Mission Grant Proposal
222 — Cultivating Gifts over Filling Slots: A Vision for Vocation
223 — Pruning: Ouch This Hurts
224 — The Beauty and Incomprehensibility of God: A Mathematicians Approach to Faith
225 — Leading Through The Messy Middle
226 — Faith-Based Response to the Growing Addiction Crisis
227 — Sentinel: Forming Christian Men for Faith, Service, and Vocation
228 — The Mission Field of the Family
229 — Family Ministry in a Lutheran School
230 — Demons, Discernment, and Deliverance: A Lutheran Guide to Spiritual Warfare
231 — A High-Tech, High-Touch Approach
232 — The Bible in an Hour
233 — From Habits to Habitat: YLI's 3 Simple Behaviors for Cultivating Servant Leadership
234 — From Believer to Disciple: Helping People Move From Knowing Christ to Following Him
235 — How to Get Your Kids Out the Door and Still Be Christian: A liturgy for the Exhausting, Ordinary, Sacred Work of Parenting
236 — The Mission Field Is Closer Than You Think: How Local Churches Can Reach Beyond Their Borders
237 — Emotional Warfare, Living in the Victory of Jesus
238 — Trading Anxiety for Grace in the Age of Overchurching
239 — Live Alive
240 — Shaping Spaces that Shape Ministry
241 — Principles for Good Order: Creating Organizational Harmony Through Effective Governance
242 — Podcasting 101 and Live Recording of "Lectionary Kick-start"
243 — Team-Building: How to Quit Throwing Spaghetti (or anything else) at the Wall
244 — The Revelation Of Jesus - Teaching the Book of Revelation in an understandable way.
245 — Marriage: We're Different by Design!
246 — Reaching the One With Digital Tools Who Doesn't Attend Church and the Impact of AI
247 — From Merger to Multiplication: The Risks, Relationships, and Renewal of Becoming One Church in Multiple Contexts
248 — What Does “Priesthood of All Believers” Actually Mean for Ministry?
249 — The State of the LCMS 2026: Five Hurdles, Five Hopes, and Our Future
250 — The State of the LCMS: Are We Losing the Next Generation or Missing Our Greatest Opportunity?
251 — You Belong Here: Considerations on Building Community in the Church
252 — Focusing Your Church's Future
253 — Beyond Background Checks: Best Practices for Preventing Abuse in the Church
254 — God's Call: Our Duty
255 — Beyond Announcements: Finding the Person, Purpose & Story in Church Communications
256 — Notice, Connect, Grow: Intentional Movement in Women’s Ministry
257 — Who Cares for the Caregiver? Practical Strategies for Weight Management and Lifelong Health in Ministry
258 — Do You Dare to Become a Healthier Church?
259 — The Future Is Now: Hodos, the Lutheran Young Adult Gathering, and What's Next for the LCMS
260 — Living an Unoffendable, Non-Anxious Life
261 — "It's OK to Pray!"
262 — Mind and Spirit: Crisis and Care in Lutheran Schools
263 — Power of Membership
264 — There Has to be a Better Way for our Church to be Governed
265 — The Lutheran Educator Academy
266 — The Role of Beauty in Raising Children in the Faith
267 — Churchworkers: Shortage, Wellness, Winsome Witness
268 — Creating a Caregiver Community
269 — The Gospel for All God’s Children: Teaching the Faith to the Neurodivergent
270 — Predictable Culture, Passionate Students: The Blueprint for Youth Engagement
271 — Every Woman, Every Season, There's A Place For You
272 — Building a Culture of Care: Developing Counseling & Coaching Programs for Church Workers
273 — Culture, Change and Leadership
274 — Being a Strong Leader Without Being Bossy - Leading With a Coach Approach
275 — Three Essentials for Effective Ministry
276 — Using Multi-Sensory Prayer Prompts
277 — Praying as You Go
278 — Which Way, Lord? 5 Strategies When Seeking God's Guidance
279 — Visitors or Guests?
280 — Improving Board Leadership Effectiveness to Maximize Mission Achievement
281 — Policy Governance: Ten Principles for Maximizing Mission and Ministry Strategic Results
282 — Being Equipped to Lead a Study Tour to Israel
283 — Get Serious About Cross-Cultural Ministry
284 — Restful Teaching
285 — The Greater Goals of Virtue, Wisdom, and Truth
286 — Walking Away from the Gay Lifestyle: My Journey to Obedience
287 — More Than Memorization: Forming Lifelong Lutheran Disciples
288 — Building for the Mission: Preparing Your Ministry for What's Next
289 — Telling Your Story
290 — Energy Management, not Time Management
291 — Developing a Personal Ministry Mission
292 — More Time Won't Help: Making Time for What Matters Most in Ministry and Life
293 — Not Just An Object Lesson: One Last Ride!
294 — Operation Barnabas: Caring for Our Military-Connected Neighbors
295 — Every Person Matters: Building a Culture of Dignity, Belonging & Resilience
296 — The Ministry of Authentic Listening: In Academics and Beyond
297 — The Power of the Little Things: When Small Acts of Faithfulness Leave a Lasting Kingdom Impact
298 — Conflict Without Casualties: Staying Connected Through Difficult Conversations
299 — Building Trust With Parents Through Listening
300 — After Forty Years, What I Learned About Caring for Those in Emotional Pain.
301 — Faith, Function & the Fine Print: Navigating the Interactive Process and Reasonable Accommodations in Ministry
302 — Discipline, Documentation & Dismissal
303 — Faithful Automation: Understanding and Navigating AI in Ministry
304 — A Christian Ministry in the National Parks
305 — Caring for Others Without Losing Yourself - Understanding the Patterns That Shape How We Serve
306 — Navigating Grief: Tools for an Exhausting and Confusing Journey
307 — Beyond "I'm Sorry for Your Loss": Practical Support for Deep Grief
308 — Sharing the Good News of Jesus: Using AI to Impact Ministry
309 — Smarter Sundays: Automating the Worship Control Room
310 — Speaking Like the Church: A Simple Approach for Clear, Christ-Centered Communication
311 — AI as a Church Tool: Using It Wisely Without Losing What Makes Ministry Human
312 — Stop doing everything yourself. Most people want to help. They just need to know how.
313 — Why Aren’t They Getting It? Teaching the Gospel for the Age and Stage of Every Child
314 — Beyond the Walls: Reimagining Your Building for Ministry Sustainability
315 — From Planning to Progress: A Practical System for Strategic Ministry Planning and Board Reporting
316 — Leading from the Middle: Operational Excellence in Ministry Settings
317 — Sacred Attentiveness: Being Fully Present in Everyday Encounters
"318 — 1. Caring for Today’s Church Workers to Inspire Tomorrow’s"
319 — No Fear, Just Family: Rethinking Lead Gift Visits
320 — A Break That Renews: Sabbaticals in Ministry
321 — Staffing the Plan
322 — Culture IS Your Operating Experience
323 — Run Hard. Rest Well.
324 — Who Cares For The One Who Gives Care?
325 — The Missing Pews: Reaching The Generation That The Church Keeps Losing
326 — Admissions, Marketing & Retention in Today's Christian Schools
327 — Outreach that Connects: Simple Practices for Reaching Your Community
328 — Send Me! How to get your church involved in short-term missions.
329 — Write. Publish. Bless. Turn your words into a published book.
330 — A Godly Response to LGBTQ+
331 — Christ-Centered Human Care Ministry
332 — Do You Have to Become an Outsider in Your Culture to Become Lutheran
333 — Bringing Christ to the Nations via a Rose Parade Float
334 — Hacks to a Lutheran Confession of Christ
335 — Love Your Neighbor: Equipping Local Volunteers for Gospel-Centered Service
336 — Christians and the Authority of Government
337 — Beyond Attendance: Why Your People Stay—and Why They Invite Others
338 — Internships: How to design an internship program that produces missional engagement.
339 — You've Got Mail (Too Much of It): Taming the Church Inbox Without Cutting the Cord
340 — Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Church Email That's Clear, Consistent and Worth Reading
341 — Trauma, the Brain, and Ministry
342 — Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich? Reclaiming Identity in an Age of Confusion
343 — What the Heck Is Sharia Law? ... and...Do Muslims Want to Enforce It in America?
344 — Villians, Sages, Quests, Heroes: Telling Excellent Stories
345 — Loving Each Other Deeply in a Fractured World (Becoming the Living Stones of 1 Peter)
346 — Make Room for God: Creating Space for Spiritual Transformation in Bible Studies
347 — What If We Stopped Treating Burnout One Person at a Time? Building Ministry Cultures Where Church Workers Can Thrive
348 — The Wellness Myth: Why More Programs Don’t Always Create Healthier Church Workers
349 — Welcoming All People As Outreach
350 — X Why Z?
351 — Stewarding Your Real Estate While Staying On Mission
352 — Beyond Childhood: Living Out the Fifth Commandment
353 — Faith, Family & Future: Building a Legacy of Generosity
354 — Building a Foundation for the Future
355 — We Need a New Senior Pastor... Now What???
356 — One Form to Rule Them All: One System for the Newsletter, the Feed, the Website, and Sunday Morning
357 — Steal This Stack: The everyday tools behind 200+ church communications a year, laid out and ready to copy
358 — Luther Said... Let Them Play! (Kind Of...)
359 — LEARN HOW TO STAY UP WHEN THINGS GO DOWN
360 — Spiritual Milestones for High School Students
361 — Brain On Prayer
362 — Discipleship As Spiritual Parenting "I have no greater joy than to see my children walking in the truth."
363 — Cultivating a Healthy Ministry Team and School Culture: The Importance of EQ
364 — Phillowing His Lead: How a ministry's culture and its leadership affects its strategy of philanthropy
365 — Rethinking Global Partnership: From Doing For to Walking With"
366 — Joining Jesus on His Mission: How to Disciple People to be Everyday Missionaries
367 — A Multiplication Expectation
368 — The Go Network: Helping Mission-Minded, Confessional Lutherans Take Their Next Step on Mission
369 — Small Acts, Big Impact: Serving Foster Families with the Love of Jesus
370 — “Visual Arts as an Avenue for Connecting People to Jesus” 2.0
371 — One Mission, Many States: Reclaiming Adoption as a Ministry of the Church
372 — “Building Church Websites: Connecting People to Jesus in a Digital Age”
373 — Not the End: What the Fastest-Growing LCMS Churches Are Doing.
374 — The Foundation for Discipleship—Premarital Counseling to Make Disciples and Disciple-Makers
375 — Jesus Joy Journey: Discovering Your Next Steps
376 — Beyond Coffee & Donuts: How to Create a Welcoming Culture at Your Church
377 — The Fullness of His Kingdom: Every Learner Belongs
378 — 6 Essentials for Stabilizing, Strengthening, Sustaining, and Your Church
379 — AI For Ministry
380 — Partners for the Kingdom
381 — Right Message
Right People
Right Time
382 — More Than a Shift: Elevating the Heart and Art of Volunteering
383 — Preaching The Blind Stories of the Bible without Dissing the Disabled
384 — Making Missions Work....Locally & Internationally!
385 — From Confirmed to Engaged: A Different Approach to Confirmation
386 — Understanding Spiritual Power
387 — Reach Your Neighborhood by Expanding Advent/Lenten Wednesday evenings to 52-weeks a year.
388 — More than a Framework: Law & Gospel to Learn, Live, & Make Sense of Life
389 — WHY INDIA? WHY NOW? Reaching the Unreached in the World's Most Populous Nation
390 — Kids Ministry.... Beyond Sunday School and VBS
391 — Created for Connection: Cultivating and Restoring Christ-Centered Relationships
392 — A Chain of Events: Turning One-Time Church Events into Lasting Community Connections
393 — Small Steps, Deep Roots: Two Practices for Growing in Christ
394 — "The Next Faithful Step: Discernment, Christian Freedon and Callings God Gives"
395 — Ex opere operato and the Holy Spirit in the Apology and in C.F. Walther
396 — Caring for those who Serve: A Panel Discussion
397 — What I Learned Going from Worship Leader to Pastor
398 — Everyday Encounters, Eternal Impact: Sharing Jesus in Your Everyday World (It's Not as Hard as You Think!)
399 — Positive Pastoral Leadership Transition
400 — Small Church, Big Worship: Building a Strong Worship Ministry Without a Big Budget
401 — Starting a recovery ministry in church: Sadness to Radness
402 — Clarity Before Activity: A Practical Process for Discerning and Implementing Your Congregation’s Next Faithful Steps
403 — Stories from the mission field
404 — Using Biblical Strategies to Build Bridges of Love to Communicate the Gospel Cross Culturally
405 — Doctrine in Action: A Missionary Vicar's Experience
406 — Leading Change without Losing the Congregation
407 — The Impossible Is Happening: 10 AI Breakthroughs That Will Change Everything
408 — Sacred Reading in a Distracted World
409 — It’s All Fun & Games and then People Get Baptized: Simple Practices for Missional Living
410 — Developing a Discipleship Framework: A Simple Model for an Integrated Life
411 — Loved To Life In the LCMS
412 — "Darwinism's Best-Dressed Straw Men"
413 — Created to Create: AI, Imagination, and Christian Vocation
414 — Beyond the Welcome: Understanding and Supporting the International Student Experience
415 — Congregations Joining Together through Partnering or Merging: The Mess, The Bless, and the Ministries That Emerge
416 — Nicaea: A Lesson in Collaborative Leadership
417 — Letting AI Ask the Right Questions
418 — Sticking the Sermon Series
419 — Ministry Isn't an Excuse for Bad HR
420 — Surprised by Hope: What We've Learned Training Everyday Christians for 5 Years and Why You Should Care
421 — Creating pro-life outside the box: critical thinking, bold initiatives, and lessons learned from the past to save babies in a changing environment
422 — Beyond the Welcome: Creating Intentional Connections That Build Belonging
423 — From Genesis to Revelation: God's Purpose for His Children/The Great Restoration/The Great Commission
424 — Big Stories, Bright Ideas: Integrating Faith, Creativity, and AI Literacy
425 — Hear it straight from them (for youth workers)
426 — Was the Family Bible Journey Podcast Worth the Time?
427 — Beyond the Prompt: Building an AI Thinking Partner for Ministry
428 — Civics Made Simple: why faith leaders, pastors, and churches are called to engage in public policy & politics.
429 — Friday Night Lights and Doing Ministry Outside the Box (Engaging Community and creative ministry alliances)
430 — WHEN GIANTS RISE: Finding Your Footing Through Pressure, Power, and Failure
431 — Get Off the Treadmill: Why Busy Churches Don’t Always Move Forward
432 — Healthy Systems, Multiplying Ministry: Best Practices for Sustainable Growth
433 — The Multiplier's Pipeline: A Practical Framework for Recognizing, Resourcing, and Releasing Leaders
434 — Five Things Every Congregation Should Know About Endowments
435 — Video and Lighting techniques for Worship and Live Events
436 — Joy Always - Lessons from the Mission Field
437 — Sharing Our Confessional Lutheran Faith via Social Media
438 — The Weight of the Seeds
439 — Co-create, Don't Recreate: Steal our strategy for creating family ministry tools and walk away with resources you can take, tweak, and launch in your own setting.
440 — Team Ministry: Leaving the Ego behind
441 — Becoming a church FOR your community, not just a church IN your community.
442 — Reverse Engineering the Great Commission
443 — Caring for All Life Throughout Life
444 — Practical Strategies for Worship Team Success
445 — Church and School One Mission, One Ministry, Partnering to Raise the Next Generation in Christ
446 — To Endow or Not to Endow
447 — Mentoring Teens Toward Sexual Integrity: Identity, Dignity, and the Value of Life
448 — When Flowers Fade: Caring Well Through the First Year of Grief
449 — Hear it straight from them (for campus ministry leaders)
450 — Advisory or Mandatory? Mission by Permission and the Future of Congregational Freedom in the LCMS
451 — God, Satan, Deception, and the Sixth Petition
452 — When Christians Disagree: How to Have Hard Conversations Without Losing One Another
453 — Leadership Development Doesn’t Happen by Osmosis
454 — Calm Within the Calling: Leading from Peace When Ministry is Overwhelming
455 — Oneness, not Sameness
456 — Chairs, Coffee & the Great Commission: Finding Joy (and Sanity) in Church Operations
457 — A Sermon Series from Start to Finish: A Practical Guide for Pastors
458 — Disciple Making Huddles: The Framework and Fieldwork of GO
459 — Called to Serve All: Special Education in Christian Schools
460 — Attack of the Tech Stack
461 — Life After "9 to 5"
462 — More than Filling a Slot: Cultivating Volunteers into Leaders
463 — Words Matter-Leading with Encouragement: Spurring & encouraging team members and volunteers in ministry.
464 — What Next? Leading faithfully through congregational change.
465 — Digital Hands for the Church Office: Intelligent Assistants That Free Human Hands for Service
466 — Anticipating the Unexpected: The Challenges of Leading a Midsize Congregation
467 — Breaking Through: Reaching the Unchurched and Dechurched Today
468 — Youth Ministry Done WRONG... Learn from Others' Mistakes and STOP Losing Your Youngest Members!
469 — Resurrecting the Lost Art of Disagreeing in Love
470 — Singing a New Song: A Small Church Embraces Contemporary Worship
471 — Senior Connections . . . Expanding frontiers
472 — "The Father's Promise: What it is and Why it matters" Subtitle: "The Power, Purpose, and Presence of God in His Children's Lives."
473 — Jazz Hymns and the Life Of a Christian Musician in Hollywood
474 — Known. Loved. Valued. Mission-Driven Marketing That Grows Lutheran Schools
475 — Beyond the Offering Plate: 5 Giving Opportunities Your Church May Be Missing
476 — What if people said “That’s the Church That Helps People with Cancer? Church Growth Through Volunteer-Led Cancer Ministry
477 — AI in Your Organization: A Faithful Game Plan for Pastors, Church and Non-Profit Leaders
478 — Your Church’s Secret Weapon? Volunteer Leaders Who Know How to Walk Alongside Cancer Families
479 — What to Say When the Government Invites You to Pray
480 — Come and S.E.E. (Servant Event Experience)
481 — Seven Things We Started. None of Them by the Pastor.
482 — Leveraging Summer to Serve Your Community: Building an Affordable, Faith-Filled Camp for Kids Ages 3–11
483 — After the Choice: Post-Abortion Healing
484 — From Sporadic to Systematic: Building a Church-Based Marriage Care System
485 — Making Room for Wisdom: Integrating Retired Pastors into Congregational Life
486 — Youth Ministry 101
487 — Prompt Yourself: Growing Through Change
488 — Youth Ministry 201
489 — Academy of the Arts: Equipping, Mentoring and Launching the next generation of musicians.
490 — Excess Property and Special Purpose Entities
491 — There's No Place Like the Campus Mission! A Hopeful Future for Young Adults in College, Military, and Community
492 — From Planning to Practice: Building an Effective Church Safety Team
493 — Youth Leaders Performing at the Professional Level
494 — From Disconnected to Leading: Unleashing the hidden potential in your pews!
495 — Church Call to Action for Post-Adoptive Families in Crisis
496 — The Imago Dei and the Imago Hominis
497 — Better Together - Avoiding Pitfalls & Building Sustainable Mission Partnerships that Transform Lives
498 — Reach One More!
499 — The 12 Step Model: A Path of Spiritual Formation and Growth Within the Church Community.
500 — Embracing God's Standard for Sexuality
501 — AI Doesn’t Write My Sermons. It Does Almost Everything Else.
502 — Artificial Intelligence, Authentic Ministry: Exploring the Whys, Why-Nots and Hows of AI in ministry settings
503 — When It Seems There Is No Hope
504 — The neuroscience of regulatory skills: What is really going on!!!! What can we do???
505 — The Gift of Worship and Spiritual Disciplines – A neuroscience/brain-based perspective of the practices of church and mental health.
506 — One Campus, One Mission: Running Church and School as One Team
507 — 7 Practices of Healthy Youth Ministry
508 — Three Circles of Service: Equipping Members to Serve Inside, Alongside, and Outside the Church
509 — Create a Visitor-Friendly Space Inside Your Building
510 — Does God Exist?: How to Walk with Millennials and Gen Z through Doubt
511 — Understanding and Supporting Generation Alpha
512 — Financial Reporting Best Practices
513 — Measurability: Battling Discouragement in Ministry
514 — What People. How People. One Mission.
515 — Lament and the Language of Trauma: A Lutheran View
516 — If teaching is your gift, teach well. Romans 12:7. Strategies for diligent preparation, creative teaching techniques, and captivating presentations
517 — Science of Reading: More Than a Buzzword
518 — Inspiring and Equipping a Church to Reach a New Ethnic Group
519 — Creating a Culture of Generosity
520 — Is it Time for a Capital Campaign? It Shouldn't be Scary!
521 — Meditation: Can it be Christian? And even Lutheran?
522 — We Can't Do It Alone: The Power of Partnerships in Ministry
523 — When God Calls You to Something Bigger Than Yourself
524 — Big Vision, Real Numbers: Funding and Managing a Major Ministry Initiative
525 — From Concept through Construction - Mission First at Every Phase
526 — More Than a Song: Turning Stories of Faith into Music
527 — Missions growth fueled with member engagement
528 — Life in the Spirit from Baptism to Eternity
529 — The Creative Congregation: Turning Artistic Gifts into Ministry
530 — The Stories You're Not Telling: Discovering the People Behind Your Ministry
531 — From Altarpieces to Instagram: Christian Faith, Images, and Attention Formation
532 — Beyond Enrollment: Know Your Market. Know Your Numbers. Know Your Next Move.
533 — Algorithms and the Gospel: What Every Church Leader Should Know About AI
534 — Tips for Building a Sustainable Alumni Relations Program
535 — Beyond the Classroom: Expanding Lutheran Education Through Living Faith Online Academy
536 — “THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER”: WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT MATTERS - The Power, Purpose, and Presence of God in His Children’s Lives”
537 — Abundance From Little: Entrepreneurial Thinking for Churches With Limited Resources
538 — More Than a Moment: The Ministry of Showing Up
539 — Unlock the Potential of Every Learner with Universal Design for Learning
540 — The Ultimate Guide to Church Branding, Marketing, and Communications
541 — Beyond the Funeral: Becoming a Church That Cares Through Life's Final Chapter
542 — Come Be Creative with Us: Exploring New Possibilities for Disability Ministry for 2027 and Beyond
543 — Young Adult Ministry: From Showing Up to Stepping Up
544 — AI for the Rest of Us: Practical Tools for Church Workers Who Aren’t Techies
545 — The Conversations We Keep Putting Off: Talking About Life, Death, and What Matters Most
546 — Sharing the Gospel in a Fatherless World
547 — Crappy Bible Stories - teaching the rest of the story
548 — Children's Ministry: More than Childcare
549 — American Sign Language teaching with Bible Stories
550 — What's the Matter with Relationships?
551 — Forming Lay Leaders for the Harvest
552 — The No Reciprocity Neighborhood Project
553 — Before You Plant a Church: An Honest Conversation
554 — Can You Hear Me Now? Your Church, your Neighborhood, and Dropped Calls
555 — Inspired not Expired: Preparing to be Retired
556 — Less Administry, More Real Ministry: AI for the Pastor
557 — Moral Inquiry - Spiritual Battle Wounds
558 — When the Worst Happens: Preparing for, Navigating, and Recovering from Trauma and Tragedy in Ministry
559 — Peace in Panic: Finding Freedom In Anxiety
560 - Towards Unstuckedness
561 - Dave Anderson
562 - A Biblical Model for Family Relationships Throughout a Lifetime
563 - Dealing Difficult People:You Know Who They Are
564 - From Chaos and Despair to Order and Hope when a Pastor leaves
565 - A Biblical Theology of Mission
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