“From distrust, suspicion, and contempt; from prejudice and want of sympathy with any of Your children; from all unholy strife and from whatsoever in us hinders Your work on earth: Good Lord, deliver us.” The Daily Office, CPH, 29
Truth & Light Media Newsletter – 2026: A Look at the Year Ahead
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2026 LCMS Convention Overture for Good – Submit & Let Your Voice Be Heard: To Broaden & Reopen Specific Ministry Pastor (SMP) Program for Wider Pastoral Formation & Service
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Day 12: Tanner Olson & 21 Days of Prayer for the LCMS
Why Guests Don’t Come to Your Church After a Big Public Event: Authentic Engagement & Follow Up Are Vital
The United List Releases 2026 Synodical Leadership Nomination Recommendations Supporting Incumbents Who Have Brought Us a Devastating 70% Decline in LCMS Church Attendance Since 2010; 1/2 of Concordia Universities Gone Forever; $Millions Lost in Lawsuits; Usurpation of Congregational Rights; Divisive Identity Politics
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2026 LCMS Convention Overture for Good – Submit & Let Your Voice Be Heard: To Require Completion of Ecclesiastical Investigations & Strengthen Synod’s Response to Clergy Sexual Misconduct/Abuse
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Day 11: Rev. Nathan Hausch & 21 Days of Prayer for the LCMS
Could Music Help Heal the LCMS? A Vision of Unity & The Songwriter Initiative Led by Concordia University Irvine & Other Lutherans
Loved+Sent Summit Models What the LCMS CAN Be: Positive, Collaborative, Future-Focused, Centered on Sharing the Gospel
Truth & Light Media Newsletter – January 6, 2026
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2026 LCMS Convention Overture for Good – Submit & Let Your Voice Be Heard: To Expand the Pastoral Formation Committee to Include District Presidents, Parish Pastors for Broader Representation, Dilute Existing Conflict of Interest
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Day 10: Jessica Albers & 21 Days of Prayer for the LCMS
The First President of the LCMS, Rev. Dr. C.F.W. Walther, was Crystal Clear on This Basic Principal: “The Synod Dare Not Encroach on The Congregation’s Right to Choose” Its Own Pastor
The Trinity Forum Presents a January 16 Conversation with John Hendrix – Illustrating a Fellowship: Depicting Lewis & Tolkien’s Contrasting Visions
2026 LCMS Convention Overture for Good – Submit & Let Your Voice Be Heard: To Encourage a Pilot Online-Only M.Div. at Both Concordia Seminary St. Louis & Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
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Day 9: Rev. Leon Jameson & 21 Days of Prayer for the LCMS
LCMS President Emeritus Rev. Dr. Jerry Kieschnick Joins the Pastoral Leadership Institute (PLI) as its Presidential Ambassador
Reversing The Lutheran Collapse: Lutheran Theology Must Be Combined with Relevance, Mission & Accessibility
Day 8: Rev. Brad Hubbard & 21 Days of Prayer for the LCMS
Register Now for the January 31 “Live to Tell About It” Congregational Ministry Summit; Attend In Person or Virtually; LCMS Michigan District Event is Open to All
An LCMS Pacific Southwest District Redeemed to Tell Video: Church Partnerships
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Encouraging Report from Day 1 of LCMS Las Vegas Koinonia Gathering on Pastoral Formation; “Felt Like What Synod is Supposed to Be”
Day 7: Rev. Dan Schepmann & 21 Days of Prayer for the LCMS
LCMS Minnesota South District President Rev. Dr. Lucas Woodford Addresses Tragic Minneapolis Events in Epiphany Message
2026 LCMS Convention Overture for Good – Submit & Let Your Voice Be Heard: To Review & Streamline Pathways for Specific Ministry Pastors (SMPs) to General Ministry Pastor Status
When Theology Isn’t Pietism (Anxious, “Better Christians”) But the Posture Is: Why Emotional Climate Matters for the Christian LCMS Life
Day 6: Rev. Jeff Cloeter & 21 Days of Prayer for the LCMS
Young Women Are Leaving the Church for a Reason; Are Misogynistic Denominations & Leaders to Blame?
2026 LCMS Convention Overture for Good – Submit & Let Your Voice Be Heard: To Call All in Synod to Repentance & To Walk in Love, Peace & Brotherly Care
Day 5: Rev. Bryan Stecker & 21 Days of Prayer for the LCMS
Southern District President Rev. Eric Johnson asks “Where Does This New Pietism and Legalism (in the LCMS) Come From?”
2026 LCMS Convention Overture for Good – Submit & Let Your Voice Be Heard: To Direct Synod’s Board of Directors to Review & Publish a Comprehensive Accounting of Monies Spent on Litigation
Day 4: Rev. Bill Tucker & 21 Days of Prayer for the LCMS
