Pastor's Corner

Last month, my Pastor’s Corner article explained the “call” process of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. Over the past six weeks, I considered a call to serve as pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Saint Ansgar, Iowa. It involved a visit to the congregation, much discussion, and, most of all, a lot of prayer.

People in the community have also been praying for God’s will to be done (or, as some people have told me, praying that God’s will be that we stay!). Over the course of the past six weeks, God seems to have answered our prayers for wisdom. The answer is not what I expected, and in m...