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
Dust You Are
Rev. Robert Mohns, Regional Pastor for Lutheran Church—Canada’s West Region, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the significance of dust and where we hear about it in Scripture, how we are reminded o…
Shine! Missouri District Statewide Servant Event
Leah Sieveking, Assistant to the President for Mission Advancement for the LCMS Missouri District, and Casey Carlson, LCEF District Vice President for Missouri, join Andy and Sarah to talk about this…
Connected to Christ, Overcoming Isolation through Community
Rev. Brian Davies, author of Connected to Christ: Overcoming Isolation through Community from Concordia Publishing House, and also pastor of Lord of Glory Lutheran Church in Grayslake, Illinois, and …
Learning American Sign Language
Phylan Peters-Bahkou, Lutheran High School South (St. Louis) American Sign Language and Theater Arts Teacher, and ASL students Morgan and Lillian join Andy and Sarah to share their stories about teac…
Mental Health Monday: Roadblocks to Intimacy
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about roadblocks to intimacy, the vulnerability timeline from creation through brokenness to restoration, shields we use to protect oursel…
Hear Our Prayer: Family Devotions (Rebroadcast)
Rev. Sean Daenzer, worship director for the LCMS and International Center chaplain, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about why we should do devotions at home, simple formats to use, and how this is benef…
Handling Ambiguous Loss (Rebroadcast)
Julianna Shults, DCE, Program Manager with LCMS Youth Ministry, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about how we usually respond to people when they experience tangible losses, how ambiguous losses are diff…
GrandPad Technology for Older Adults
Kristen Sorth, Director of the St. Louis County Library, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the new GrandPad program through the County Library, including how these older-adult friendly tablets can h…
Chosen: A Study of Esther
Donna Snow, author of several Bible studies available from Concordia Publishing House, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about her latest Bible Study "Chosen: A Study of Esther," including why she was ins…
Remembering Dr. Carl Schalk
Rev. Dr. Jon Vieker— Senior Assistant to the President of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, and Dr. Mark Bender— Minister of Music at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Des Peres, Missouri, join Andy an…
Faith that Engages the Culture
Rev. Dr. Alfonso Espinosa, senior pastor at Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irvine, California, and author of “Faith that Sees through the Culture” and now “Faith That Engages the Culture“ available …
Church of the Week: Crown of Life Lutheran, Sun City West, AZ
Rev. Philip Robbins, pastor of Crown of Life Lutheran Church in Sun City West, Arizona, which is KFUO Radio's Church of the Week for February 14-20, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the community o…
Mental Health Monday: Intimacy for Spiritual and Mental Health
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about growing in intimacy for our spiritual and mental health, including intimacy versus isolation as a developmental conflict, how Satan …
The Musical Legacy of Michael Praetorius
Rev. Sean Daenzer, Director of Worship for the LCMS and International Center Chaplain, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the legacy of Michael Praetorius, including his education and experiences in …
Project Invest Success Story
Natyra Crawford, Graduate of Project Invest through Concordia University Wisconsin, joins Andy and Sarah to share her story of Project Invest, including her journey to becoming an educator, how this …
Virtual SoundLab for Families with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Jessica Ingraham, Director of Education with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, joins Andy and Sarah to talk SoundLab, about a wonderful free music education resource for families, including how music…
Broadcast Lenten Services & Organ Recitals
Rev. Dr. Jon Furgeson, Senior Pastor at Peace Lutheran Church in St Louis, Missouri, and Burnell Hackman, Director Music Ministry at Peace Lutheran, join Andy and Sarah to talk about how Lenten servi…
Esports at Concordia University Wisconsin
Coach Lewis Smith, Head Coach of Concordia University Wisconsin Esports, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about what Esports are, how they began at CUW, how the teams have thrived during the coronavirus …
Mental Health Monday: What is Intimacy?
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about what intimacy is and isn't, how intimacy is different from connection and community, skill sets such as communication and being know…
Searching the Scriptures: February 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 February 2021 issue of the Lutheran Witness titled "In Jesus…