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
- 289 minutes
- Episodes
- 2198
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
What Day Is It? The Day the Lord Has Made!
Rev. Brady Finnern, pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church in Sartell, Minnesota, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about how our schedules and routines have been displaced during the COVID-19 pandemic, how mu…
17:01:50 |
Wed 22 Apr 2020
Church Music and Easter Hymn Sings During Pandemic Times
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 about ho…
17:01:50 |
Tue 21 Apr 2020
Mental Health Monday: Finding the Joy in Missing Out
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the JOMO (the joy of missing out), including how to find that joy in times of “missing out,” how we find joy in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd ar…
17:01:50 |
Mon 20 Apr 2020
Staying Fit while Socially Distanced
Jennifer Hamer, Chaplain’s Wife, ACE Group Fitness certified, Schwinn Indoor Cycle Certified, and Fitness Instructor at Camp Pendleton, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about motivation to stay fit durin…
17:01:50 |
Fri 17 Apr 2020
April LW: Christ Is Risen!
Rev. Roy Askins, managing editor of the Lutheran Witness, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the theme of the April issue of the LW, the topics that are discussed in this issue, and a new feature or …
17:01:50 |
Fri 17 Apr 2020
Podcast for Youth Ministry
DCE Julianna Shults, Program Manager, and Rev. Mark Kiessling, Director of Youth Ministry for the LCMS, join Andy and Sarah to talk about the End Goals podcast from LCMS Youth Ministry, the topics co…
17:01:50 |
Thu 16 Apr 2020
Vocation of School Principal during COVID-19 Pandemic
Melissa Bergholt, Principal at Word of Life Lutheran School in St. Louis, Missouri, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected her vocation as principal, how teachers a…
17:01:50 |
Thu 16 Apr 2020
Teaching Lutheran Hymnody in West and Central Africa
Phillip Magness, Music Specialist for West and Central Africa with the LCMS Office of International Mission, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about his recent teaching trip to West and Central Africa, th…
17:01:50 |
Wed 15 Apr 2020
Memorizing Scripture
Rev. Sean Daenzer, LCMS Director of Worship and International Center Chaplain, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about how memorizing Scripture is helpful to us, ways to make memorizing verses a little ea…
17:01:50 |
Wed 15 Apr 2020
Personal Peacemaking
Dwight Schettler, President of Ambassadors of Reconciliation, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about what a crisis situation can bring to the surface about our own priorities and personalities, why now i…
17:01:50 |
Tue 14 Apr 2020
Vocation of Dairy Farmers during COVID-19 Pandemic
Chris and Adriane Heins of Heins Family Farms in Higginsville, Missouri, join Andy and Sarah to talk about how a dairy farmer typically serves their neighbors, how the recent pandemic has changed how…
17:01:50 |
Tue 14 Apr 2020
Mental Health Monday: Joy of Missing Out?
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about ambiguous loss, the difference between actual missing out on things and the fear of missing out (FOMO), what JOMO (joy of missing ou…
17:01:50 |
Tue 14 Apr 2020
Missionary Update from Puerto Rico during COVID-19 Pandemic
Deaconess Christel Neuendorf, who serves alongside her husband Rev. James Neuendorf in Puerto Rico, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the work they have been doing in Puerto Rico over the last year,…
17:01:50 |
Fri 10 Apr 2020
Missionary Update from the Dominican Republic Mercy Center during COVID-19 Pandemic
Deaconess Cheryl Naumann, who administers and conducts mercy work in the Dominican Republic, based in Santiago, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the three main areas of her work and how the pandemi…
17:01:50 |
Fri 10 Apr 2020
Journey and Battle in Holy Week Hymnody
Deaconess Ruth McDonnell, PhD student at Concordia Seminary, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about metaphor theory in hymnody, how our Christian worldview guides how we read hymns, and how we can unders…
17:01:50 |
Thu 09 Apr 2020
Missionary Update from the Dominican Republic Seminary during COVID-19 Pandemic
Rev. Joel Fritsche, director of Concordia Seminary and Mercy Center in Palmar Arriba (Santiago), Dominican Republic, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about what is happening right now at the seminary, ho…
17:01:50 |
Wed 08 Apr 2020
Missionary Update from the Latin America & Caribbean Region during COVID-19 Pandemic
Rev. Ted Krey, Latin American & Caribbean Regional Director for the LCMS, located in the Dominican Republic, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about what missionary work in this region looks like now duri…
17:01:50 |
Wed 08 Apr 2020
Missionary Update from Quebec during COVID-19 Pandemic
Rev. Charles St-Onge, who serves as regional area facilitator for the Latin American & Caribbean (LAC) region for the LCMS from his home base in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, joins Andy and Sarah to talk…
17:01:50 |
Tue 07 Apr 2020
Missionary Update from Spain during COVID-19 Pandemic
Rev. David Warner, who serves with his wife Shelee as LCMS missionaries in Cartagena, Spain, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about how their work as been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the status of…
17:01:50 |
Tue 07 Apr 2020
Mental Health Monday: Practicing Gratitude
Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about practicing gratitude, including where gratitude actually comes from, making the switch from attitude of lack to attitude of enough, …
17:01:50 |
Mon 06 Apr 2020
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