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Finals Week: Food and Fun

I’m sure most people think that all seminarians do is study. And, to be sure, that’s exactly what they do 90 percent of the time. That is what they are here for. If they weren’t studying, we’d be worried. But in those off moments – and when they’re not in chapel, eating, or discussing the [...]

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Ephphatha…that is, Be Open!

Missouri Synod Lutherans have been involved in bringing the gospel to the Deaf since 1874. A special school for the Deaf opened in Detroit that year. It was meant to be an orphanage, but instead Deaf children came seeking religious instruction. “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”
Now it’s 133 years later. [...]

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