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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]