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Synod School class looks at developing church leaders like Paul did — from within

Posted July 30th, 2024

The Rev. Dr. Paul Snyder, who pastors an ELCA church and a PC(USA) church in the Presbytery of Minnesota Valleys, offered up a fascinating week-long course at Synod School last week he called “Leadership Development NOT Leadership Acquisition.”

Playground behavior

Posted November 15th, 2021

If you think churches are divided today, reread Ephesians 2:11–22. That, said the Rev. Samuel Son during the Synod of Lakes and Prairies’ Synod School worship, is the place Paul reminded believers they once reverted to childish name-calling: “The Uncircumcision” and “The Circumcision.”

Speaking the truth in love

Posted July 30th, 2021

One good way to live out its embodiment is for the church to speak the truth in love.

Inclusivity is a gospel issue

Posted September 30th, 2020

The very public way the apostle Peter is called out by Paul in Paul’s letter to the Galatians offers modern-day readers a model for confronting racism for the sake of the gospel.