The Coffee Hour from KFUO Radio
Grab your morning coffee (and pastry, let’s be honest) and join hosts Andy Bates and Sarah Gulseth as they bring you all the stories you want to hear from around the LCMS. Catch the inside scoop from your favorite Lutheran-famous people, updates from missionaries across the ocean, and practical talk about how to live confidently and counter-culturally Lutheran in a secular world. You won’t find these stories anywhere else!
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 289 minutes
- Episodes
- 2198
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
LCMS Campus Ministry and LCMSU
Rev. Richard Woelmer — pastor of University Lutheran Church at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and Julianna Shults, DCE — Program Manager with LCMS Youth Ministry, join Andy and Sarah to …
Leadership Episode 1: Biblical Leadership Styles
Rev. Dr. Jamison Hardy, Bishop of the LCMS English District and author of Pastoral Leadership, Shepherding and Caring for God’s People available from Concordia Publishing House, joins Andy and Sarah …
CUC Deaconess Students Visit the Dominican Republic
Deaconess Kristin Wassilak — Interim Dean of the College of Theology, Assistant Professor of Theology, and Program Lead for Deaconess Studies at Concordia University Chicago, Katie Kaufmann — deacone…
New Engineering Programs at CUW/AA
Subha Kumpaty, D.Min., Ph.D. — Engineering Program Chair for Concordia University Wisconsin/Concordia University Ann Arbor, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about his journey to doctoral degrees in theol…
Set Apart To Serve: Serving as a Director of Christian Education
Dr. Thaddeus Warren, DCE — Chair of Human and Social Sciences at Concordia University, Nebraska, and Maria Devenport, DCE — Director of Discipleship Ministries at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Fort Col…
Dating Within the Faith
Rev. Chris Hull, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Tomball, TX, joins Andy and Sarah at the Higher Things conference in Carbondale, IL, to talk about the breakaway session he taught to the young adul…
Serving with Lutherans in Sri Lanka
Rev. Steven and Martha Mahlburg, serving the Lord as missionaries in Sri Lanka, join Andy and Sarah at the Higher Things conference in Carbondale, IL, to talk about their journey to the mission field…
Hymnody: The Sung Apologetic
Seminarian James Gramzow, summer vicar with Higher Things, joins Andy and Sarah from the Higher Things conference in Carbondale, IL, to talk about what a summer vicar does with Higher Things, how hav…
Gospel Outreach to Iranian refugees in Germany
Rev. Dr. Christian Tiews, serving the Lord in Germany, joins Andy and guest co-host Jordan Harms from the LCMS National Convention to talk about his upbringing in Germany and journey to the church an…
Set Apart To Serve: Second Career Pastoral Vocation
Rev. Doug Griebenaw, mission advocate for KFUO Radio, joins Andy for our Set Apart to Serve Series to talk about his journey into ministry, his vocation prior to becoming a pastor, how this experienc…
Partner Lutheran Churches in Chile and Paraguay
Rev. Juan Pablo Lanterna — President of the Confessional Lutheran Church of Chile, and Rev. Alceu Alton Figur — President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Paraguay, joins Andy and guest co-host …
The Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland
The Rev. Dr. Juhana Pohjola — bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland, and Dr. Päivi Räsänen — medical doctor and longstanding member of the Finnish Parliament, join Andy and gu…
Founding of Lutheran Heritage Foundation
Rev. Robert Rahn, Founder of Lutheran Heritage Foundation (LHF), joins Andy and guest co-host Jordan Harms from the LCMS National Convention to talk about how LHF began in 1992, where LHF has had the…
LW Searching Scripture "Count It All as Loss" August 2023: Philippians 3:1-7
Rev. Anthony Oliphant, pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, IL, joins Andy and guest co-host Jordan Harms to talk about the “Searching Scripture” feature in the August 2023 issue of the Lu…
Set Apart To Serve: Serving as Navy Chaplains
Rear Admiral Gregory N. Todd — Navy Chaplain and 28th Chief of Navy Chaplains, and Rev. James Hopkins — Navy Chaplain, join Andy and guest co-host Jordan Harms from the LCMS National Convention for o…
Eden Keefe, New LWML President
Eden Keefe, LWML President (elected 2023), joins Andy and guest co-host Jordan Harms from the LCMS National Convention, to talk about how she got involved with the LWML, what the LWML "On the Go" pod…
Partnership with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of South Sudan/Sudan
Bishop Peter Anibati Abia of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of South Sudan/Sudan, joins Andy and guest co-host Jordan Harms from the LCMS National Convention to share a brief history of the Evangeli…
Lutheran Heritage Work in Africa
Dr. Dinku Bato, Africa Area Director for Lutheran Heritage Foundation (LHF), joins Andy and guest co-host Jordan Harms from the LCMS National Convention to talk about how he came to serve with Luther…
Lutheran Heritage Work in Asia
Dr. Ted NaThalang, Asia Area Director for Lutheran Heritage Foundation (LHF), joins Andy and guest co-host Jordan Harms from the LCMS National Convention to talk about how he came to serve with Luthe…
St. Martin of Tours Silver Medal Recipient
Chaplain Craig Muehler, Director of LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces, joins Andy and guest co-host Jordan Harms from the LCMS National Convention to talk about the St. Martin of Tours Silver Medal, …