Lutheran Witness: April 2008

Many of us retain a Norman Rockwell-like image of smalltown America as a bulwark of wholesome values and the Christian faith, in our case, the Lutheran Christian faith. While in some communities that remains a correct impression, it’s also true, as Dr. Ralph Geisler and others point out in our cover story, “Revitalizing Rural Churches,” that today in many rural areas, as many as half our neighbors may have no regular church home. So just as in communities far away, or in large metropolitan centers, the fields of rural America are ripe for harvest, and not just wheat, rye, or oats, or corn and soybeans, but souls.

From the President: New Life, New Hope, New Challenges

From the Editor: To the Reader

Features:

Revitalizing Rural Churches — Roland Lovstand

Making ‘Saints’ — Paula Schlueter Ross

Seeing What God Wants Us to See — Diane Strzelecki

Finding Insight in a Movie Blunder — Steven B. Borst

Departments:

Lifeline

Letters

Notices

Q & A

Family Counselor

Shedding Some Light

Searching Scripture

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