Month: October 2010

Young Adults in Action: Orange Nation

Last Summer close to 25,000 youth and adults took part in the LCMS National Youth Gathering in New Orleans. High school aged youth were able to listen to Christian speakers, bands and Bible Studies. They had the opportunity to take part in local service projects. In the exhibit area they could learn more about foreign missionaries, Lutheran colleges, church work professions, and hundreds of other Lutheran ministry entities. The LCMS National Youth Gathering is for high school aged youth, but it took thousands of adults to make it possible. A great number of those were young adults who served...

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What Happened to Prayer? Teaching a Spiritual Discipline

Has humanity lost the vision of prayer? Have our youth today dropped it along with their yesteryear GameBoys, Pogs, and Pokemon cards? It would seem that the only time to pray is always “before.” To pray is to be quiet before bed, before meals, and before sports games, right? To pray is to receive something. To pray is to voice our concerns to God in expectation of an answer in our favor. .. and if this answer doesn’t come, than the prayer didn’t work, right? Has prayer become just an option? Have we lost the vision of the immensity...

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