I have to admit I am suffering some withdrawal symptoms. I have not had grits since Sunday. Grits are a Southern staple with every breakfast. They look like cream of wheat. Some people think they are cream of corn. They are actually cream of hominy. Some people like them with butter, salt and pepper. I [...]

What a spirit filled day. I forgot to mention about the Flags from Monday. At the start of the service they had women come in with each one have an individual flag from each of the countries that the WELS has a presence. I think there were 37 in all. It was very impressive.
Today was [...]

Another great start to the day with a wonderful devotion by Rev. William Brassow. Great illustration about a teenage thief and his five year old daughter. The MLS Concert Choir did an awesome job. Someone who came in late thought it was a CD.
Outstanding essay on Our Calling by Rev. Jon Schroeder. He had [...]

Great morning devotion by Pastor Paul Prange. Great illustration of Muslim public school student who was visiting in his MLS classroom who felt Christ’s suffering and death was totally unfair. Great illustration of grace.
Awesome essay on the efficacy and power of the means of grace from former classmate Professor John Brenner of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. [...]

Monday morning started in an awesome way.  Worship was held at St. Paul’s in Saginaw.  I usually worship in rental facilities like school cafeterias or office complexes or in small church buildings.  To be in such a cathedral-like edifice was awe-inspiring to say the least.  We have no such WELS church building like that in [...]

I arrived on Sunday night.  I missed my first meeting because  our shuttle had to wait for someone else whose plane was late.  It was a great ride from the airport to the Michigan Lutheran Seminary campus in the express shuttle — a school bus.  It was nostalgic.  We all reminisced about former school bus [...]

Hermann, age 57, has been in the ministry 31 years. He currently serves at Heritage Lutheran Church and Preschool in Gilbert, Ariz. He’s also the chairman of the Black Canyon Conference of the Arizona-California District. He and his wife, Judy, have six children.
Hermann has been assigned to the floor committee dealing with Financial Services, Human [...]

Boggs, age 63, is vice president of sales for a construction company. He and his wife, Jan, attend Divine Savior in Indianapolis, Ind. They have eight children.
Boggs served as a convention delegate once before in 1995; this year he will serve on the finance and budget floor committee. “I am looking forward to meeting everyone [...]

Schuppe, age 58, has been in the ministry 24 years. He has been a mission counselor for the last eight years and currently serves the South Atlantic, South Central, and Southeastern Wisconsin Districts. He and his wife, Joyce, attend a new mission congregation: Hope in Hampton, Ga.
Schuppe will be serving on the floor committee [...]

One popular feature of our convention coverage has been the blogs posted by selected delegates. We’re pleased to bring you that feature again this year.
We’ve asked three men—two pastors and a layman—to share their thoughts from their unique perspectives. They’ll be talking about many of the behind-the-scenes details we don’t have room to discuss in [...]