Monthly Archives: February 2012

Here is the Lutheran Order of service in both isiZulu and se Tswana for the first Sunday in Lent: Invocavit. On this Sunday the Church remembers the satanic temptation of the first Adam in Paradise to which he succumbed (OT: … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Missionsdirektor:
Traditionally the time between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday is a time of reflection and abstinence – well, it is lent, after all. Why than, is it not strange that our Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church –…

The ENInews reports today: “Violent repression of church demonstration in Congo raises concerns: After the Congolese Roman Catholic church challenged the credibility of election results in which President Joseph Kabila was declared the winner, the stabbing death of a nun … Continue reading →

Dear friends and fellow Lutherans: Here are the regular postings of the pericopes, prayers and sermons for tomorrows Sunday on Amos  5:21-24 by courtesy of the Lutheran Heritage Foundation (LHF). This time the sermon is written by Rev. E.A.W.Weber DD, who … Continue reading →

Read here, what President Matthew Harrison (Lutheran Church Missouri Synod) prepared to say before the COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVT. REFORM in Washington today: 2-16-12_Full_HC_Mandate_Harrison We thank our dear God that he gives such leaders to the Church. May this our … Continue reading →

Pope Benedikt XVI: “said that for the Church in Europe, the encounter with the Church in Africa is always a moment of grace thanks to the hope and joy with which the African church communities live and communicate the faith, … Continue reading →

Bartholomaeus Grill is one of my favorite news correspondents covering Africa. He did that fulltime for the FAZ years ago, but here he’s writing about South Africa once again for the ZEIT. It’s a disturbing picture, mainly because not many … Continue reading →

After the first week at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane (Pretoria, South Africa) there’s always lot’s of news to report – and after writing the newsletter there’s still lot’s more to report. Well, last week Friday this letter was … Continue reading →

Thanks to the support by the Lutheran Heritage foundation and to numerous pastors in the Lutheran Church of Southern Africa and finally to the translations by my father, we can post these orders of worship in Zulu and Tswana. This … Continue reading →

Read more on this sad state of affairs over here: Education in South Africa: Still dysfunctional | The Economist.