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
Christmas Cookie Stories: Sally Handrick
Sally Handrick, President of the Missouri District LWML, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about her memories of making Christmas cookies as a child, how Christmas cookies have been a part of her family l…
Christmas Country Church Tour
Trish Erzfeld, Director of Perry County Heritage Tourism, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the history of the Christmas Country Church Tour in the Perry County, MO, area, how many churches and site…
Searching the Scriptures: December 2021 Lutheran Witness
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the December 2021 issue of the Lutheran Witness titled “The resu…
Advent Hymnody
Paul Soulek, Director of Parish & School Music at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward, Nebraska, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about Advent hymnody! They discuss The King of Glory Comes (from One and A…
Mental Health Monday: Emotion
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about Emotion, including how we define this emotion, how brokenness complicates or distorts our understanding of emotions, how emotions af…
Building Partnerships and Sharing the Gospel in Asia
Rev. Charles Ferry, Asia Regional Director with the LCMS International Mission, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the Lord's work in the Asia region today and how it's grown since the early days of …
Christmas Music at Concordia Nebraska
Dr. Kurt von Kampen — Professor of Music, Chair of the Music Department, and Director of Choral Activities at Concordia University Nebraska, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the place of music at C…
Christmas Music at Concordia University Wisconsin
Dr. Louis Menchaca — Professor of Music and Music Department Chair at Concordia University Wisconsin (CUW), and Johanna Anderson — Associate Director of Instrumental Music at CUW, join Andy and Sarah…
The Journey Through Grief
Rev. Michael Keith, pastor at St. Matthew Lutheran Church and SML Christian Academy in Stony Plain, Alberta, and who holds a Certificate in Grief and Death Studies from the Center for Loss and Life T…
Making Disciples for Life Conference: The Rock in Shifting Sands
Rev. Dr. Mark Wood, Director of Witness & Outreach and Revitalization for the LCMS, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the upcoming Making Disciples for Life Conference: The Rock in Shifting Sands, i…
Sunday's Lectionary: Luke 3:1-14
Pastor Baker discusses theological distinctions between Law & Gospel.
Today's topic of discussion is Sunday's Lectionary for Series C of the Three Year Lectionary.
Festival: Second Sunday in Advent
1st …
Mental Health Monday: Body Image
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about Body Image, including how we define this term, how our culture influences our perception of our body image, whether body image inclu…
Narcissism, Gnosticism, and Congregational Social Media (Rebroadcast)
Rev. Merritt Demski, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Waterloo, Illinois, joins Sarah to talk about the role of social media in a congregation, some common pitfalls that pastors and congregation…
Holidays and the Ministry Family (Rebroadcast)
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LMHP, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about how the holidays might be different for church worker families, some sources of tension, and how different personality types m…
4th Commandment in the Sandwich Generation (Rebroadcast)
Rev. Tyrel Bramwell, pastor of St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ferndale, California, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about whether the 4th Commandment looks different as we and our parents mat…
Stuck in the Middle: The Sandwich Generation (Rebroadcast)
Jeannine Leibmann, MA, LPC, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the "sandwich generation," the common struggles that happen for those of us in the sandwich generation, and some helpful thoughts for na…
Loving Children Through Adoption
Kari Smith, Caseworker with Lutheran Family Service in Iowa, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the need for adoptive families today, several stories of families who have chosen adoption, some obstac…
Advent and Christmas at Peace Lutheran St. Louis
Burnell Hackman, Director of Music Ministry at Peace Lutheran Church in St. Louis, Missouri, which is KFUO Radio's Church of the Week, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the many music opportunities …
Mental Health Monday: Brokenness and Disintegration
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about Brokenness and Disintegration, including the definitions of brokenness and disintegration, why we avoid talking about hard things li…
End Times and the Last Sunday of the Church Year
Rev. Sean Daenzer, Director of Worship for the LCMS and International Center Chaplain, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the significance of the Last Sunday of the Church Year, all of the themes we …