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Firing on all Eight Cylinders!

I’ve written another installment in a series of articles about Restorative Affect and Student Discipline, published on Friday by the LEA. The editors’ selected this text as the introduction to the eight essentials for a disciplinary system in a Lutheran School: The...

Devotion from Eugene Brunow 4-24-2023

I Am the Door of the Sheep The gospel for this coming Sunday (Fourth Sunday of Easter) is John 10:1-10.  This text is Good Shepherd Sunday. In chapter nine a blind man receives both physical and spiritual sight: “Lord, I believe.” Proof that he heard the Good News and...

Devotion from Eugene Brunow 4-17-2023

Was It Not Necessary The gospel for this coming Sunday (Third Sunday of Easter) is Luke 24:13-35.  This text is about “On the Road to Emmaus.” This takes place on Easter afternoon or early evening. Neither of these disciples understood the passion facts, so their...

Stand Up for School Choice!

On Thursday, the Senate released its budget and we learned that the Senate Appropriations Committee stripped all of the school choice improvements proposed by the House in HB 1001 and HB 1591. The Senate budget does NOT: Remove the voucher eligibility tracks, Ensure...

Devotion from Eugene Brunow 4-10-2023

Peace To You The gospel for this coming Sunday (Second Sunday of Easter) is John 20:19-31.  This text has three narratives: Jesus appears to the disciples, Jesus and Thomas, and the purpose of the Book of John. The setting is the evening of Easter. For the disciples...

Devotion from Eugene Brunow 4-3-2023

He is Not Here, for He Has Risen The gospel for this coming Sunday (Easter Sunday) is Matthew 28:1-10.  This is the account of Jesus’ resurrection from his death. This account features a couple of ladies, an angel and Jesus himself.  Mary Magdalene was from the...

Devotion from Eugene Brunow 3-27-2023

Blessed is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord The gospel for this coming Sunday (Palm Sunday) is John 12:12-19.  This is the account of Jesus’ Triumphal Entry. In these verses there appear to be three groups who make up the crowd, or multitude. Those identified in v...

Letter from Bart Day President and CEO LCEF

  Dear Friend in Christ, I pray all is well. As you are aware, the news has been dominated by worries over the banking system in light of the collapse of Silicon Valley and Signature banks. What’s our position on the situation? Lutheran Church Extension Fund...

Devotion from Eugene Brunow 3-20-2023

I am the Resurrection and the Life The gospel for this coming Sunday (Fifth Sunday in Lent) is John 11:17-27, 38-53. This text has three narratives: Jesus’ dialog with Martha at the death of her brother Lazarus, the rising of Lazarus and the plot to kill Jesus. As...