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!
The Coffee Hour is underwritten by the Concordia University System. Learn more at cus.edu.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 330 minutes
- Episodes
- 2199
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Reducing Stigma Associated with Mental Illness
Stephen M. Saunders, Ph.D., Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Psychology at Marquette University, joins Sarah during Mental Health Awareness Month to talk about reducing stigma associate…
Mental Health Monday: Life Transition of Going to College
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, MSW, joins Andy and Sarah during Mental Health Awareness Month to talk about the major life transition of Going to College, including what emotions a student might exp…
Set Apart To Serve: Specialized Spiritual Care Ministry
Rev. Brian Heller, Manager of Specialized Spiritual Care Ministry with the LCMS Office of National Mission, joins Andy and Sarah for our Set Apart to Serve Series to talk about who is served by profe…
Why (and How) to Teach Your Children Classic Poems
Anna Mussmann, Lutheran homeschool mom and writer and author of "Why (and How) to Teach Your Children Classic Poems" in the May 2023 issue of The Lutheran Witness, joins Sarah to talk about why poetr…
Experience Summer Camp!
Craig S. Oldenburg — Executive Director of Camp Concordia in Gowen, Michigan, and Bill Indelli — Executive Director of Walcamp in Kingston, Illinois, join Andy and Sarah to talk about why kids go to …
Thank You, Teachers!
The KFUO Radio staff joins Andy and Sarah to thank their teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week.
Mental Health Monday: Teens and Emotions
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, MSW, joins Andy and Sarah in our series on "Emotions and the Gospel" to talk about teens and emotions, including what might be in the emotional soup a teenager experie…
Set Apart To Serve: Summer Formation Experiences at CSL
Rev. Micah Glenn, Director of Recruitment at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, joins Andy and Sarah for our Set Apart to Serve Series to talk about how church workers such as pastors and dea…
Set Apart To Serve: Summer Formation Experiences at CTSFW
Rev. Matthew Wietfeldt, Assistant Vice President of Admission and Director of Christ Academy at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, joins Andy and Sarah for our Set Apart to Serve …
Convention Meanderings: Overtures, Elections, Floor Committees
Rev. Dr. John Sias, Secretary of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about where we are in the Convention timeline, what's happening with nominations and elections, what …
LW Searching Scripture "A Drink Offering" May 2023: Philippians 2:12-18
Rev. Anthony Oliphant, pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, IL, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching Scripture” feature in the May 2023 issue of the Lutheran Witness titled "A…
LCMS Campus Ministry for College Students
Rev. Eric Andrae — pastor of First Trinity Lutheran Church in Pittsburgh, PA, and Lutheran Student Fellowship Pittsburgh, and Rev. Michael Meyer — managing director in the LCMS Office of National Mis…
Mental Health Monday: Emotions and the Gospel — Felt Compassion (Rebroadcast)
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, MSW, joins Andy and Sarah in our series on "Emotions and the Gospel" to talk about Felt Compassion, including what makes "felt compassion" different from our usual ide…
Sharathon 2023: Rev. Dr. James Baneck, Set Apart to Serve Initiative
Rev. Dr. James Baneck, LCMS Executive Director of Pastoral Education and the Set Apart to Serve Initiative, joins Andy and Sarah during Sharathon 2023 to talk about how KFUO Radio has partnered with …
Sharathon 2023: Rev. Dr. Matthew Heise, Lutheran Heritage Foundation
Rev. Dr. Matthew Heise, Executive Director of Lutheran Heritage Foundation (LHF), joins Andy and Sarah during Sharathon 2023 to talk about where LHF serves our neighbors with resources to support the…
Sharathon 2023: FLAME!
Flame — Lutheran rap artist, author, and creative behind Extra Nos Academy, joins Andy and Sarah during Sharathon 2023 to talk about the latest with Extra Nos Academy, his book releasing in July 2023…
Sharathon 2023: LCMS Youth Ministry
Julianna Shults — Program Manager with LCMS Youth Ministry, and Rev. Mark Kiessling — Director of LCMS Youth Ministry, join Andy and Sarah during Sharathon 2023 to talk about what's happening with LC…
Sharathon 2023: Debbie Larson, LWML President
Debbie Larson, President of LWML (Lutheran Women in Mission), joins Andy and Sarah during Sharathon 2023 to talk about the work of LWML today, where we see LWML serving the church and our neighbors, …
Sharathon 2023: Erik Lunsford, LCMS Managing Photojournalist
Erik Lunsford, Managing Photojournalist for the LCMS, joins Andy and Sarah during Sharathon 2023 to talk about where his job takes him around the world, how KFUO Radio is a part of his daily family r…
Sharathon 2023: President Matthew Harrison
Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison, President of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, joins Andy and Sarah during Sharathon 2023 to talk about how KFUO Radio is a valuable part of the mission and work of The L…