Author: Rev. Bernie Seter

Thirty five years of ministry and I don’t remember ever doing a double internment.  We had the funeral for the Husband and Father about three months ago and now the funeral for the Wife and Mother.  Because of the...

The three fold emphasis of our church body is “Witness, Mercy, and Life Together”.  Diakonia or mercy or service is the second piece.  If it is true that “Words mean things” then it is instructive to note...

  Where Old Churches Go to Die – they become Tae Kuan Doe Centers.  This is part of a continuing discussion about the church as building and what it does to mercy.  The discussion started on Wednesday. Part of our problem...

Rev Karl Weber is a Pastor at Ottertail Minnesota and her serves on the Board of Regents of Concordia University St. Paul, my Alma Mater.  At a recent meeting he reports that Rev. Robert Holts, the President was retiring and had...

There are entire websites devoted to the sale of churches. We have in the last year or so heard a lot of talk about the sale of churches.  I recently heard of the sale of a church in which the intention is not to sell to another...