The Coffee Hour from KFUO Radio

Rev. Keith Haney, Author of One Nation Under God: Healing the Racial Divides in America and Assistant to the President— Missions, Human Care & Stewardship with LCMS Iowa District West, joins Andy and Sarah in the fifth of a six-part series on healing racial divides in America to talk about how accusations affect divides, how public protests have made both good and bad differences in history, where...

Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of the Lutheran Witness, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the theme of the October issue of the Lutheran Witness, the chief messages to the Galatians in this letter, how learning the context of the letter is helpful is understanding its text, and the importance of this letter for Martin Luther and the Reformation. Learn more about this issue at witness.lcms.org/2...

Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about how guilt gets in the way of initiative, how we understand guilt as Christians, and how we move through guilt and model skill learning for children. Hear Mental Health Mondays each Monday at 9am CT! Find all episode with the tag "Mental Health Monday." View Deaconess Heidi's Mental Health Playlist on Youtube and find all of her wri...

Rev. David Fleming, Executive Director for Spiritual Care with DOXOLOGY: The Lutheran Center for Spiritual Care and Counsel, joins Andy and Sarah during Mental Health Awareness Week to talk about how DOXOLOGY supports pastors in their own spiritual care and caring for the souls in their congregations, the critical nature of pastors and church workers (and really everyone) to receive spiritual and...

Kelly Nava— pastor’s wife, mama of two, and copy editor at Concordia Publishing House, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about her experiences having a daughter with Down Syndrome, what she's learned through these experiences, and how we value and love individuals with Down Syndrome as brothers and sisters in Christ. Read her blog post for Down Syndrome Awareness Month at blog.cph.org/serve/celebrating...

Jessica Meuse— singer/songwriter from Slapout, Alabama, and Mike Thirtle— President and CEO of Bethesda Lutheran Communities, join Andy and Sarah to talk about how Jessica was introduced to the wonderful work being done through Bethesda to support individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities, the song "Because You Love Me" that came of out this partnership, and how this song tells t...

Rev. Keith Haney, Author of One Nation Under God: Healing the Racial Divides in America and Assistant to the President— Missions, Human Care & Stewardship with LCMS Iowa District West, joins Andy and Sarah in the fourth of a six-part series on healing racial divides in America to talk about how easy it is to have biases and prejudices, how ignoring a person's culture and history can be more harmfu...

Rachel Bomberger—writer, editor, home-educator, mom, wife to US Navy Chaplain, and co-host of The Lutheran Ladies Lounge podcast—joins Andy and Sarah to talk about her experiences entering into the traditions and culture of military life, her encounter with the tradition of Morning and Evening Colors, and how this tradition has become part of her own life. Read her article in the online Lutheran W...

Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about what initiative is, how we can get kids to ask how they can contribute and where they can lead, and how mistakes and forgiveness are essential in this space to allow kids (and adults) to grow. Hear Mental Health Mondays each Monday at 9am CT! Find all episode with the tag "Mental Health Monday." View Deaconess Heidi's Mental Health...

Rev. Dr. Joel Lehenbauer, Executive Director of the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR), joins Andy and Sarah to talk about different understandings and teachings on the End Times, what is false teaching and what is true Biblical teaching, what the Bible says about the signs of the End Times, and what we can learn from Scripture about the End Times. Read all CTCR documents at l...

Deaconess Tiffany Manor, Director of Life Ministry for the LCMS, joins Andy to talk about LCMS Life Ministry, national advocacy, local witness, and how we can support life in our own vocations. Learn more about LCMS Life Ministry at lcms.org/life.

Rehema Kavugha, Synod Relations Manager for Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF), and Demian Farnworth, Content Manager for LCEF, join Andy and Sarah to talk about the LCEF Magazine Interest Time, how this magazines tells the stories of the church, and what we can look forward to in the next issue. Find Interest Time at interesttime.org and learn more about LCEF at lcef.org.

Rev. Keith Haney, Author of One Nation Under God: Healing the Racial Divides in America and Assistant to the President— Missions, Human Care & Stewardship with LCMS Iowa District West, joins Andy and Sarah in the third of a six-part series on healing racial divides in America to talk about who our neighbors are, why understanding the history of our neighbors is useful for more genuine and loving r...

Rev. Sean Daenzer, Director of Worship for the LCMS, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, which the Church celebrates on September 29, to discuss what we know about angels, the various misconceptions about who angels are and what they do, the vivid story in Revelation 12 about the war in heaven, and the propers and hymns assigned for this day. Hymn of the Day...

Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about building curiosity and autonomy, roadblocks to curiosity, how shame enters into this realm of curiosity, and where we find relief from shame (hint: Jesus). Hear Mental Health Mondays each Monday at 9am CT! Find all episode with the tag "Mental Health Monday." View Deaconess Heidi's Mental Health Playlist on Youtube and find all of...

Rev. Matthew Wood, serving the Lord in Indonesia working with the Indonesian Christian Lutheran Church (GKLI), joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the September issue of the Lutheran Witness, all about our certainty in Christ Jesus in life and death. Follow along and search the Scriptures with us! Read about Pastor Wood and how to support his work at lcms.o...

Matthew Gerhardt, Associate Minister of Music at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Des Peres, Missouri, and Rev. Dr. Jon Vieker, Senior Assistant to the President of the LCMS, join Andy and Sarah to talk about a Paul Gerhardt hymn festival this Sunday, September 27, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. They discuss who Paul Gerhardt was and what his life was like, the influences on his hymn writing, and the wonderful hy...

Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, President of the LCMS, joins Andy and Sarah during our series on hobbies to talk about his love of collecting old books and doing German translation, what he finds exciting and challenging about doing this work, and what we can learn from these written words of our Lutheran history. Find all the episodes in our series on hobbies at kfuo.org/tag/hobbies.

Rev. Keith Haney, Author of One Nation Under God: Healing the Racial Divides in America and Assistant to the President— Missions, Human Care & Stewardship with LCMS Iowa District West, joins Andy and Sarah in the second of a six-part series on healing racial divides in America to talk about how the "us vs. them" mentality deepens divides, how Satan works hard to sow seeds of division among us, and...

Mike Thirtle, President and CEO of Bethesda Lutheran Communities, joins Andy to talk about what Bethesda Cornerstone Village is, what the need for this unique community is, and the grand opening for this new community. Learn more about Bethesda Cornerstone Village in Victoria, Minnesota, at bethesdacornerstonevillage.org.

Rev. Dr. Roosevelt Gray, Director of LCMS Black Ministry, joins Andy to talk about the impact of the storms on local communities in the South, the historic significance of these communities, the LCMS congregations that are impacted, and the ability of congregations to respond to the needs of their communities. Learn more about LCMS Disaster Response at lcms.org/disaster and LCMS Black Ministry at...

Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about how shame and autonomy interact as we balance our free will with God’s will and the will of others, how shame impacts our mental health, and how shame and our identity in Christ intersect. Hear Mental Health Mondays each Monday at 9am CT! Find all episode with the tag "Mental Health Monday." View Deaconess Heidi's Mental Health Pla...

Rev. Brandon Merrick, pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Paradise, California, joins Andy to talk about rebuilding after the November 2018 fires destroyed most of the community, including Our Savior Lutheran Church. They discuss losses experienced by members of the congregation, blessings in the midst of great losses, the rebuilding process, and how the current fires are affecting their commu...

Sharon Riordan, Director of International Student Ministry - St. Louis, joins Andy to talk about the work of International Student Ministry and how the organization helps students, how students have been affected by the pandemic, and how you can help students through the work of ISM. Learn more at ismstl.org.

Rev. Tyrel Bramwell, Admissions Counselor at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, joins Andy and Sarah during our series on hobbies to talk about what he loves about photography, his favorite things to photograph and favorite cameras to use, and insight for newbies who want to get into photography. Find all the episodes in our series on hobbies at kfuo.org/tag/hobbies.