LEAven Blog
Jonathan C. Laabs
Who Cares About Conventions?
I expect that the first question that comes to mind for most people when confronted with the opportunity ...
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Growing Lutheran Education – A New Beginning
Any reader of this blog will agree that GROWTH is a significant part of the plan that God ...
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Together Again
HAPPY 15TH ANNIVERSARY! This October 2-4, 2025, marks the 15th anniversary of an international event that has become ...
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Lutheran Education Legacy
In the past five decades of ministry in Lutheran education, I have learned how much God uses people ...
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Choice and Choosing
I imagine that just seeing the word “choice” brings to your mind a wide variety of topics, debates, ...
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Cruising Worldview
I have been giving a lot of thought to my worldview these days. It isn’t something that one ...
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What in the World?
Not a day goes by that I am not reminded of the global village in which we live ...
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Beacon on a Hill
My daily commute to my office in the mid-1990s didn’t usually take more than 15 minutes unless delayed ...
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For Such a Time as This
I remember the day well. More than 4000 Lutheran educators from around the country and a host of ...
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Commissioned Confusion
When the 68th regular Convention of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod began on July 29, 2023, in Milwaukee, it ...
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