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
Our Whole Future Wholly in His Hands
Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz, assistant professor of exegetical theology at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and cohost of A Word Fitly Spoken podcast, joins Andy to talk about his post o…
Learning Music with Little Kids
Andrew Himelick, elementary music teacher in Carmel, Indiana, and Emmy Woock, Director of Music Ministries at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, Illinois, join Andy and Sarah to talk about why mus…
Mental Health Monday: Play and Adolescents/Teens
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about how play in adolescence and teens looks different than play as a young child, what adolescents and teens need for growth in their pl…
Get Into the Game: Learning Koine Greek
Rev. Dr. James Voelz, Professor of New Testament Theology at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the benefits of learning Koine Greek, a vivid example of how knowing t…
Music at Historic Trinity Church Music Workshop
Dr. John Behnke— Composer, Organist, Handbell Director, (Zoom Expert), and Clinician for the 2020 Music at Historic Trinity Church Music Workshop, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about this year's arran…
Community Health Evangelism
Sarah Kanoy, RN, BSN, Community Health Nurse and Educator in East Africa for the LCMS, Stephanie Schulte, RN, BSN, CMSRN, WCN, Mercy Medical Coordinator for West and Central Africa for the LCMS, and …
Taste of Concordia
Mark Mentele, Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Concordia University Wisconsin, and Lyndsey Sheridan, Visit and Events Coordinator at Concordia University Wisconsin, join Andy and Sarah to talk…
LCEF Providing Support through COVID-19 Pandemic
Rehema Kavugha, Synod Relations Manager with Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF), joins Andy and Sarah to talk about how LCEF has supported borrowers, early childhood centers, and the church in gen…
Physical Therapy at Home
Sara Correnti, MS RD LD, Manager of Health and Welfare Member Wellness Products for Concordia Plan Services, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about how physical therapy is useful for individuals at home,…
Making Christian Counseling More Christ Centered
Rev. Dr. Richard Marrs, Associate professor of Practical Theology and director of the M.Div. and Residential Alternate Route (RAR) Programs at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, joins Andy and Sarah to t…
Mental Health Monday: Play Therapy
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the use of Play Therapy in the toolbox of a mental health professional, including what play therapy is, how it is beneficial to chil…
Vocatio at Concordia Seminary
Rev. Micah Glenn, Director of Recruitment at Concordia Seminary in St Louis, Missouri, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about what "Vocatio" is at CSL, what high school students experience at this event,…
St. Paul High School in Concordia, Missouri
Clint Colwell, Director of Admissions at St. Paul Lutheran High School in Concordia, Missouri, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about how SPLS is uniquely different from other Lutheran high schools, the …
Faith and 5G
Rev. Trevor Sutton, Pastor of St. Luke Lutheran Church in Lansing, Michigan, joins Andy to talk about the intersection of evolving technology and faith. Our relationship with technology is the topic …
Deliberating a Call (Rebroadcast)
Rev. Sean Smith, host of Concord Matters on KFUO Radio and pastor of Immanuel-Campbell Hill and St. Paul-Wine Hill, Illinois, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about what a Call or Divine Call, what a pas…
New Illuminated Hymnal
Peggy Kuethe, Senior Editor with Concordia Publishing House, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the new Illuminated Hymnal from CPH, including the history of illuminated writings, coloring books avai…
Missionary Update from Cambodia during COVID-19 Pandemic
J.P and Aimee Cima, who serve the Lord as missionaries in the Kingdom of Cambodia, join Andy and Sarah to talk about how life has changed in Cambodia during the COVID-19 pandemic, how their individua…
Mental Health Monday: Play and Kids
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about play and kids' mental health, including what happens when kids don't get space for play and how we can make room for play in our hom…
Purposeful Grieving (Rebroadcast)
Stacy Hoehl, PhD, author of Purposeful Grieving from Northwestern Publishing House, joins Andy to talk about what grief is, how grief can affect our faith, and how to find comfort in God's Word durin…
It's Not All About You. (Really.) [Rebroadcast]
Rev. Trevor Sutton, Pastor of St. Luke Lutheran Church in Lansing, Michigan, joins Andy to talk about narcissism on social media, what the idea of "self-amputation" means in the social media world, a…