Church Worker Wellness
Posted on June 25, 2025
by Angela Kollbaum, LIMHP, CPC, DCE
Summertime is a time of change for some churches and church workers. Graduations, ordinations, installations, commissions, moves, and missions. Whatever season you are in your calling, the Lutheran Family Service Church Worker Wellness Team (including Pastor Dave Gunderson) is here to serve you because you do not have to do it alone!
Adoption
Posted on June 21, 2025
by Kimberly Laube
At Lutheran Family Service, we believe adoption is a sacred journey guided by faith, wisdom, and compassion. Whether you’re just beginning to explore adoption or are actively looking for an agency to walk alongside you, these questions will help you in choosing an adoption agency that is Christ-centered, ethical, and compassionate.
Godly Living
Posted on June 17, 2025
Do we look at things from a worldly perspective or from an eternal perspective? From a worldly perspective, we have only worldly things to depend upon. However, God does not disappoint. When we take a step back and reconsider our outlook from an eternal perspective, often our attitude changes to be healthier and more resilient.
Marriage & Relationships
Posted on June 12, 2025
When people connect with one another, there is energy that is brought to the relationship, and with each connection and understanding of the other, the relationship grows. God’s design for our life is to be in relationships with one another, to be connected.
Godly Living
Posted on June 9, 2025
by Rev. Jonathan Conner
Your body has a divinely-given purpose. What you do with your body matters for your identity, your purpose, and for the sake of your eternity. As followers of Jesus, we need to adopt certain behaviors and habits of the body that will enable us to appreciate, even to celebrate, that purpose in our embodiment.
Giving
Posted on June 2, 2025
by Wanda Pritzel, LISW
In death as in life, my mother made everything easy for us. She had her funeral planned, dishes and books labeled, and family photos sorted into boxes. But most importantly, she had written a statement of her faith which leaves a testimony to us of what was most important to her in life. Do you?
Church Worker Wellness
Posted on May 28, 2025
by Rev. Dave Gunderson, tLMFT
Most church workers would say, “All members in the church are important to God.” However, for the pastor or church worker who is married, that the most important member in the church might be narrowed down to one specific person.
Adoption
Posted on May 17, 2025
by Sue Shields, LMHC, LIMHP, LPC
As children grow and understand more about their adoption story, it’s natural for them to have questions about their birth parents.
Whether your adoption is open or closed, how you speak about birth parents — and how you frame your child’s story — plays a vital role in building their confidence, identity, and emotional security.
Adoption
Posted on May 15, 2025
by Sue Shields, LMHC, LIMHP, LPC
Adoption, while beautiful, can also stir up feelings of loss, confusion, or sadness alongside love and belonging. Children need the freedom to express these feelings without fear or judgment.
In this article, we’ll explore how to handle tough conversations about adoption in a way that honors your child’s heart and strengthens your family’s bond.
Adoption
Posted on May 12, 2025
by Sue Shields, LMHC, LIMHP, LPC
As children grow, so does their understanding of the world around them — and their own unique story. Adoption is not a one-time conversation but a journey of ongoing dialogue, growing deeper and more meaningful over time.
In this article, we’ll walk through how to talk about adoption at each stage of your child’s development, offering simple tools to help you build connection, identity, and trust at every age.
