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2026 Annual Convention
Our vocations (callings) are our compass for everyday life. Vocations like spouse, parent, teacher, or engineer, are the answer to the perennial question a pastor hears immediately upon absolving sinners and setting them free: “But Pastor, would you please just tell me what I should be doing?” Being justified through the hearing of the Word […]
2026 First Call Retreat
Ministry comes with deep joy, but also real weight. Pastors quickly discover that ministry rarely stays within tidy hours or clear expectations. The needs are real, the requests keep coming, and the quiet question lingers: How do I care for others without losing myself? The Augustana District First Call Retreat invites pastors in their first […]
Convocation of the Cross
I am the Way: Cross or Glory? “On Being a Theologian of the Cross” “A theology of glory calls evil good and good evil. A theology of the cross calls the thing what it actually is.” That thesis, #21 in the Heidelberg Disputation, reverberated throughout the Reformation, and still does to this day for those […]
