LEAven Blog
Jonathan C. Laabs
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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Celebrating Lutheran Educators
Spring is an exciting time for me. During the course of several months, I have been blessed with ...
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Super Bowl Every Day
I couldn’t help it. I was not traveling, there was nothing else worth watching on the myriad channels ...
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Being There
I was struck by the reporting of an incident in a New Jersey charter school a couple weeks ...
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Voice and Vote
One of the great things I learned in my years of preparation for fulltime education ministry back in ...
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