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February 21, 2022
Life Together with President Harrison – February 2022
In this month's Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, recounts the story of Rosa Young, who helped start 30 Lutheran schools to provide education to African American children in rural Alabama in the early 1900s.
January 24, 2022
Life Together with President Harrison – January 2022
In this month's Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, discusses the account of Elizabeth greeting Mary in Luke 1, and how it speaks clearly to the dignity and sacredness of unborn life in the womb.
December 15, 2021
Life Together with President Harrison – December 2021
In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), reflects on the rich meaning of the season of Advent, and the hope and joy that Christians find in this season.
November 18, 2021
Life Together with President Harrison – November 2021
In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, speaks with Deaconess Tiffany Manor, executive director of LCMS Life Ministry, about the work of pro-life Lutherans across the Synod, caring for people at all stages of life.
October 21, 2021
Life Together with President Harrison – October 2021
In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, speaks with the Rev. Dr. James Baneck, executive director of LCMS Pastoral Education, about Set Apart to Serve, the Synod’s new long-term church work recruitment initiative.
September 21, 2021
Life Together with President Harrison – September 2021
In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, takes stock of the ongoing work of the LCMS in recent months, through its 90,000 full-time and part-time workers across the Synod, in churches, schools, RSOs, universities and more.
August 19, 2021
Life Together with President Harrison – August 2021
In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, discusses the recent decision of the Synod’s Japanese partner church, the Nihon Ruteru Kyodan, to affirm the ordination of women.
June 22, 2021
Life Together with President Harrison – June 2021
In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, reflects on the work of the 1,885 LCMS schools across the country and their 21,222 teachers to bring faithful instruction to over 200,000 students over the course of the past school year, even amid the ongoing challenges of hybrid learning and other pandemic-related measures.
May 16, 2021
Life Together with President Harrison – May 2021
In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, discusses the Finnish government’s harassment of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland, a partner church of the LCMS, over its biblical teachings on sexuality and marriage.
April 16, 2021
Life Together with President Harrison – April 2021
In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), discusses the Synod's celebration of the 500 year anniversary of Luther's "Here I Stand" speech at the Diet of Worms, as well as the approaching 175th anniversary of the founding of the LCMS (in 2022).
March 18, 2021
Life Together with President Harrison – March 2021
In this month's Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, discusses Luther’s assertion that “the Christian life is a discipleship of suffering.”
February 19, 2021
Life Together News Digest – February 2021
November edition features information on 2021 life marches, closed Communion, worship resources for Advent/Christmas, and other resources.
January 20, 2021
Life Together with President Harrison – January 2021
In this month's Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, discusses the vocation of Christians to pray during these times of turmoil — economic, racial, medical and political.
December 16, 2020
Life Together with President Harrison – December 2020
In this month's Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, proclaims the Good Christmas News of Christ's coming in the manger, on the cross, in His Word and Sacraments, and on the Last Day.
November 20, 2020
Life Together News Digest – November 2020
November edition features information on 2021 life marches, closed Communion, worship resources for Advent/Christmas, and other resources.
October 16, 2020
Life Together with President Harrison – October 2020
In this month's Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, reflects on the Reformation and discusses the certainty found in Christ and His forgiveness.