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
Mental Health Monday: Emotions and the Gospel - Partial Truths
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, MSW, joins Andy and Sarah in our series on "Emotions and the Gospel" to talk about partial truths, including why we adopt partials truths, some examples of common ones…
Set Apart To Serve: Financially Supporting Church Work Recruitment
John Lewis, Assistant Executive Director & Senior Mission Advocate with LCMS Mission Advancement, joins Andy and Sarah for our Set Apart to Serve Series to talk about his journey to his role with the…
Introducing Rev. Dr. Phil Booe, Host of Thy Strong Word
Rev. Dr. Phil Booe, pastor of St. John Lutheran Church of Luverne, Minnesota, and host of Thy Strong Word on KFUO Radio, joins Andy and Sarah to answer the question "Who is Rev. Dr. Phil Booe?" inclu…
Lutherans Engaging the World
Erik Lunsford — Managing Photojournalist for the LCMS, and Megan Mertz — Managing Editor of Lutherans Engage for the LCMS, join Andy and Sarah to talk about a few stories in the Fall 2022 issue of Lu…
Supporting Lutheran Education: Brew in the Lou
Sue Nahmensen, Executive Director of the Lutheran Elementary School Association (LESA) in St. Louis, and Eric Brofford, Principal at Grace Chapel Lutheran School in St. Louis, Missouri, join Andy and…
Mental Health Monday: Emotions and the Gospel — Brokenness and Grace
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, MSW, joins Andy and Sarah in our series on "Emotions and the Gospel" to talk about Brokenness and Grace, including how brokenness impacts our experience of emotions, h…
Set Apart To Serve: Training Young People for Leadership in the Church
Clint Colwell, Director of Admissions at St. Paul Lutheran High School in Concordia, Missouri, joins Andy and Sarah for our Set Apart to Serve Series to talk about how St. Paul Lutheran High School (…
Engaging Young People on Life Issues
Michelle Bauman, Director of Y4Life with Lutherans for Life, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about engaging youth with topics about life, ow youth view matters of life today, how Y4Life reaches young ad…
Lutherans For Life National Conference: Blessed for Life
Rev. Michael Salemink, Executive Director of Lutherans for Life, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the National Lutherans for Life Conference happening Friday, October 21, and Saturday, October, 22 …
The Feast of St. Michael and All Angels (Rebroadcast)
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 a…
Hispanic National Convention of the LCMS
Rev. Juan Zamora — President of the Hispanic National Convention of the LCMS and Missionary/Pastor at Faith Lutheran Church in Grand Prairie, TX, and Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Irving, TX, joins…
Mental Health Monday: The Image of God and Our Emotions
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, MSW, joins Andy and Sarah in our series on "Emotions and the Gospel" to talk about what the Image of God has to do with our emotions, what emotions of God are found in…
Set Apart To Serve: Teachers as Influencers
Glenn Rollins, Manager of the Set Apart to Serve Initiative, joins Andy and Sarah for our Set Apart to Serve Series to talk about his journey to becoming a church worker, the church workers who influ…
Igreja Evangélica Luterana do Brasil: Our Sister Church in Brazil
Rev. Airton Schroeder and Rev. Heder Pieper Gumz — Vice Presidents in the Igreja Evangélica Luterana do Brasil (IELB), Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil, and Christian Boehlke — Interim Executive…
Blessing of Open Adoption
Vic Garcia, who along with his wife Mirian adopted a child through Lutheran Family Service, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about when he and his wife began considering adoption, their two adoption stor…
Teaching the Word: Sunday School Through the Years
Lisa Clark, Senior Editor of Curriculum Resources at Concordia Publishing House, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about Sunday School through the years, including when it first began, how it made its way…
Mental Health Monday: Emotions and the Gospel — Foundations of Emotion
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, MSW, joins Andy and Sarah in our series on "Emotions and the Gospel" to talk about what an emotion foundation is any why it's important, the relationship of God to our…
Set Apart To Serve: Church Worker Appreciation Month
Rev. Dr. James Baneck, Executive Director for LCMS Pastoral Education, joins Andy and Sarah for our Set Apart to Serve Series to talk about Church Worker Appreciation Month, why it's important to sho…
Short-Term Service: Missionary Kid VBS
Joleen Cary and Katy Baetz-Matthews — Volunteers with LCMS International Mission for the Missionary Kid Program Team in the Dominican Republic, and Erin Mackenzie — LCMS Missionary in the Latin Ameri…
Beautiful Adoption
Karen and Tracy Bougher, who adopted a child through Lutheran Family Service of Iowa, join Andy and Sarah to talk about when they first began considering adoption for their family, how Lutheran Famil…