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Over 50 aspiring pastors, church workers, and students from all over the world have enrolled in a class of the English program at Luther Academy in Riga providing an introduction to Pastoral Theology. The class is being taught jointly by Rev. Dr. Christian Tiews and Rev. Dr. David Preus online and also directly interpreted into … Continue reading A New Semester at Luther Academy

It was raining cats and dogs on a recent Sunday morning, so I decided to call a taxi rather than walk. The beige Mercedes pulled up. I opened the rear passenger door, threw my backpack in, and settled in the back seat. “Lousy weather,” I remarked. The cabbie looked in the rearview mirror and spotted … Continue reading Do You Eat Regularly?

Wishing you and your family a most wonderful Christmas and a blessed 2022 with these German Winter impressions. Jesus Christ is indeed the Light of the World! Continue reading Fröhliche Weihnachten

In the Land of Luther, where today only some 6% of the population have an active Christian faith, how would you go about connecting people with the centrality of Christianity? You could hardly do better than what the Liebfrauen-Überwasser church in Münster has done in their temporary LUX3 exhibition. For starters, this 800-year-old church is … Continue reading The Light of the World

As Lula’s, Lillian’s, and my first year as missionaries draws to a close, we are so grateful for all of you who continue to pray for us and support us as we share the Gospel here in the Old World—in German and Persian (Farsi). But we have even more to be thankful for: While we … Continue reading My Heart for Very Joy must Leap

Have you ever concealed the fact that you are Christian? Perhaps because at your place of work or in your social circles being a follower of Christ is “not cool”? Some people are not afraid to stick their neck out for Jesus—or their arm. I recently met a young man who hails from a Muslim … Continue reading The Cost of Discipleship