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
- 267 minutes
- Episodes
- 2200
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Mental Health Monday: "Generations" and Mental Health (Rebroadcast)
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about generations and mental health, including what "generativity" is and how we approach this term, why caring about the generations to c…
Fulfilling Psalm 22 in Holy Week (Rebroadcast)
Rev. Andrew Jones, pastor of First Lutheran Church and Preschool in Concord, California, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the place of Psalm 22 in Holy Week, the theme of Psalm 22, how it walks us …
Easter Vigil: From Darkness to Light (Rebroadcast)
Rev. Chris Hull— senior pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Tomball, Texas, and Lynea Sander— music director and organist at Zion Lutheran Church in Tomball, Texas, join Andy and Sarah to talk through …
Holy Week with J.S. Bach
Chaplain Brian Hamer, active duty Navy Chaplain, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the importance of Good Friday in the rhythm of the Church Year, how the Passion has been a part of Holy Week since …
Mental Health Monday: Turning Toward Hope
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about what it means to turn toward Hope, including what restoration means, how naming brokenness helps us turn toward Hope, how brokenness…
Choral Music in Lutheran Education
Ben Bedroske — Choir Director at Martin Luther High School in Greendale, WI, Erin Janetzke — Assistant Principal at Martin Luther High School, and MLHS students Amelia and Dylan join Andy and Sarah t…
Service Projects in Lutheran Education
Mr. Jonathan Butterfield, Principal at Lutheran High School South in St. Louis, along with LHSS students Noah, Maggie, and Anna, join Andy to talk about the service project they participated in at th…
Short-Term Service on the Mission Field
Hayley Steinbauer — Senior at Concordia University Nebraska (CUNE) and volunteer with LCMS, Julie Johnston-Hermann — Director of Global Opportunities at CUNE and volunteer with LCMS, and Erin Alter —…
Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach: Artists of the Reformation
Rev. Dr. Daniel Harmelink, Executive Director of Concordia Historical Institute, joins Sarah on the Commemoration day for Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach to talk about the historical context of both…
LW Searching the Scriptures, April 2022: Ephesians 2:11-22
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the April 2022 issue of the Lutheran Witness titled "Reconciled …
Mental Health Monday: Messes in Creation, A Broken World
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about Messes in Creation: A Broken World, including what brokenness is, how our brokenness affects others, how the devil uses brokenness t…
Introducing Tea Time: A Half Hour with Half the Caffeine
It is April 1st and the new program Tea Time: a half hour with half the caffeine, commences with wisdom you can put to use today. The Reverends of Radio: Pastor Timothy Appel, Pastor Brady Finnern, a…
Higher Things Confirmation Camp
Daniel Sanchez — Camp Director at Camp Io-Dis-E-Ca, and Crysten Sanchez — Events Executive for Higher Things, join Andy and Sarah to talk about Higher Things Confirmation Camp at Camp Io-Dis-E-Ca, wh…
Volunteering with LCMS International Mission
Krista Young, DCE — Partnership Coordinator for LCMS Africa Region, and Tara Wolf, DCE — volunteer with LCMS International Mission and Director of Next Generations Ministries at Redeemer Lutheran Chu…
All About Directors of Christian Education
Dr. Debbie Arfsten — Professor of Christian Education, Director of Christian Education (DCE) Program Director, and Director of Synodical Placement at Concordia University Chicago (CUC), along with CU…
Mental Health Monday: Community
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about Community, including the types of community we may experience throughout our lives, the relationship of identity to community, how n…
The Annunciation of our Lord
Rev. Sean Daenzer, Director of Worship for the LCMS and International Center Chaplain, joins Sarah to talk about the Annunciation of our Lord, the place of this feast day in our Church Year, how the …
Home School Conference in Carlisle, IA
Rev. Kevin Johnson, pastor of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Carlisle, Iowa, and the Holy Cross Lutheran Homeschool Co-op, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about why his congregation supports homeschool f…
Christ’s Care for Children: Kenya
Jennifer Hummel, Program Coordinator for Christ’s Care for Children: Kenya with the LCMS, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about what Christ’s Care for Children: Kenya (CCCK) is, the needs of the childre…
Word of Hope in St. Charles, MO and Nationwide
Deaconess Dr. Chrissie Gillet — Director of Word of Hope with Lutherans for Life, and Lisa Fox — President of the Lutherans for Life St. Charles Chapter, join Andy and Sarah to talk about how Word of…