Issue 3
Lutheran Education Volume 133, Issue 4, 1998
Matters of Opinion…The More Things Change
Mentoring: A Ministry for Educators
One of the great needs of Christian men and women, Kosberg argues, is for “intentional mentoring” relationships. Citing such biblical examples as Mary and Elizabeth and Paul and Barnabas, he describes the functions and nature of healthy mentoring relationships. He then outlines how to find a mentor, how to become a mentor for others, and how congregations can respond to the “crying need” for such relationships by establishing mentoring ministries. by Jerry Kosberg
Vouchers: Toward Informed Opinion
Are current proposals and pilot programs providing tuition vouchers a windfall for Christian schools? Or are they a Trojan horse, likely to bring with them unwelcome government intervention in private schools? Does government financed school choice infringe upon constitutional guarantees of the separation of church and state? Rietschel presents a balanced examination of these and other issues relating to tuition vouchers for Christian schools. by William Rietschel
Sex: Why Is Everyone Talking About It Except the Church
For too long, the church has remained strangely silent about issues of sexuality, allowing its people to be instructed by the mass media. Roger Sonnenberg, a noted writer and speaker on marriage and family issues, challenges the church to end this silence and to take responsibility for teaching our young positive attitudes and values about sex. by Roger Sonnenberg
Effective Midweek Programs for the Congregation
Rathmann demonstrates how a midweek program can meet a wide variety of needs within a congregation and within our society. He draws on the successful experiences of congregations around the nation to present a wealth of ideas for developing and organizing midweek ministry and to illustrate the variety of forms such programs may take. by Rodney Rathmann
Children in Worship, Part 3: Analyzing the Communal Rites
In part three of a series of articles examining congregational worship patterns in light of the needs of children, the authors present the findings of the Children in Worship study regarding how aspects of liturgy influence children’s faith development. by Gary Bertels, Shirley Morganthaler, and Peter Becker
Administrative Talk…What’s Good About Schools
Children at Worship…Making a Perfect Match
DCE Expressions…Combating Negativity in Ministry
Multiplying Ministries…Three-Minute Rule
Secondary Sequence…Prescriptive or Proscriptive: What Is the Message
Teaching the Young…Opening the Mind of a Child, Part Four: Implementing Projects
The Gospel According to Winnie-the-Pooh…Chapter 8 in Which We Go Back to School
A Final Word…”Gilding the Gospel?”
