Four Thousand Weeks
As an electronic piano and punchy saxophone deliver late 1990s corporate enthusiasm, the narrator invites listeners to wonder how some people seem to get so much done yet have so little stress. What makes them ...
An Unexpected Call
It was an unexpected call...an unexpected nudge in the right direction. Many people serving in the public ministry will reference a moment when they began to consider serving God as a pastor, teacher, or staff ...
Winterim at WLS
Grow in Grace is hosting Winterim for pastors at WLS from January 6-10, 2025. Alongside brothers in the ministry, pastors gather together on the beautiful seminary grounds and, once again, sit in classrooms together and ...
Exegetical Video
Our exegetical video (about ten minutes in length) is by Pastor Ian Headrick who serves at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Mt. Calvary, WI. Psalm 122 is about the pilgrims’ destination. Old Testament believers sang this song ...
Registration for First 2025 Satellite Course Opens this Month
Pastors in the Pacific Northwest, your district is the FIRST to kick off our satellite 2025 rotation. Registration for Biblical Missiology opens soon. Register to participate in this course for credit or audit. Not in the PNW District? ...
Celebration of Ministry Retreats Registration NOW OPEN!
Pastors and wives of the WLS classes 1990, 2000, 2015, and 2023 are invited to register now for their respective Celebration of Ministry retreat. Pastors who were originally part of the anniversary classes but who ...
1 Timothy 4:6–10
The Grace Notes devotions in 2024 are based on verses from 1 Timothy. Each devotion includes Greek, pastoral ministry notes, and prayer. January: Paul’s salutation (1 Tim 1:1–2). February: Paul’s purpose in writing to Timothy ...
When a Seminary Graduate Comes to Town
My assignment was to write an article answering, “What is it like for a group of Christians to welcome one of the seminary’s new graduates?” Members of this southern congregation, however, saw the word “welcome” ...
Worshiping with the Reformers
In some way, all of theology is practical—it applies to the individual and congregational lives of believers, and the pastor has a key role to play in applying good theology in so many ways. It ...
Practicing What You Preach
It all began in the spring of 2009. My older son asked me if I wanted to attend the Citizens’ Police Academy conducted by the Mequon Police Department. These are programs that many police departments ...