“Ordination into the Lutheran Word and Sacrament ministry occurred May 29, 1960 at his home congregation, St. Luke Lutheran, Wishek, ND.” These words come from the obituary of Pastor Russell Rudolf, longtime pastor of St. John Lutheran Church, Owatonna, who died in Mankato on March 25. Although I did not know Pastor Rudolf well, I…
Mark 16:1–8 [1] When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. [2] And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. [3] And they were saying to one…
In this study of the sixteenth chapter of the Gospel of John, we have more of Jesus’ final conversation with his disciples before he went to the cross to die for our sins. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have…
Mirror Neurons 