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LIFELINES   by Rev. Dr. Gerhard Michael Jr.
      Words are important, for they convey meaning. This truth came out in the recent Synod convention held in Houston, July 14-19. In two resolutions a change was made, one by the Floor Committee and the other by an amendment from the floor. In both cases, the change was made from the definite article “the” in the proposed resolution to the indefinite “a.” . . . .

BURNING BUSH TALK   by Rev. Bruce Lieske
      In April of this year, my wife and I toured some of the Luther sites in Germany. One of the places that we visited was Eisenach, located in the former East Germany, where Martin Luther attended school as a boy about 1500. . . .
LWML NEWS   by Patricia Kubicek
     Delegates to the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League’s 32nd Biennial Convention adopted a $1.7 million mission goal for the 2007-09 biennium — the largest in the organization‘s 65-year history. More than 5,000 people attended the convention, held in Sioux Falls, SD, June 21-24, under the theme “Rest On Christ the King” — “ROCK” — from Psalm 31:1-3.. . .

HIGHER EDUCATION NETWORK   by Rev. Dr. Wayne Wilke
“No, Grandpa! I want to see this DVD!” Drew, my two-and-one-half year old grandson, then proceeded to load his DVD into the player, turn it and the TV on, and as “Barney and Friends” came on the screen, looked to see my reaction. He wasn’t analyzing whether I was amazed at his technological ability. He was checking to see if he had been successful in conning Grandpa into letting him see one more DVD. . . .
MISSION IN ACTION   by Rev. Doug Kallesen
     Some 14 Florida-Georgia District members (13 of them from Faith-Eustis, FL) went on a mission trip to South China in June to teach English as a second language, share the gospel and support local believers. Team members ranged in age from 19-78, with the majority being college-aged young adults. . . .

COMMUNICATOR'S CORNER   by Edward A. Wright
Starting this past June, LHM was pleased to be working with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Republic of Chile (IELCHI) on a mission project to plant churches in Chile’s capital of Santiago. . . .