Author: Rev. Bernie Seter

The Christmas Octave including Steven’s death, John the Apostles ministry, and the death of the babies in Bethlehem by Herod can teach us much about missions. Stevens death overseen by Saul is the opening of the great...

Last Sunday was Christmas Day, the first day in this eight-day celebration of the Octave of Christmas.  There are often three celebrations December 26, the day after Christmas, is the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Martyr. The...

On the Liturgical Calendar used in the LCMS, today is set aside to remember St. John. He was a son of Zebedee and brother of James the elder (whose festival/feast day is July 25). John was among the first disciples to be called...

You can wake up now.

I wanted to put one of those text bubbles over Stephen’s head in this picture.  I was going to have the caption say, “All I said was that maybe we should give some money to poor rather than spend $100 on a painting...