Going to War
I believe it was German Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke the Elder who accurately noted that “no plan survives first contact with the enemy” or something like that. Applying that observation to the present situation in our congregations, it means that abstractions and pious ideas won’t survive the daily slog of doing ministry. Jesus didn’t […]
My Background
I am Pastor Paul Lauer – a pastor of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS). I am the son of an LCMS pastor, raised in several communities of Southern Minnesota: rural Blue Earth, Glencoe, Rochester, and Hutchinson. I attended Concordia University in St. Paul, MN (1983-1987) and was graduated in pre-seminary studies with a Bachelor […]