Dear Friends,

It is that time of year. As the book closes on a turbulent year for American Lutheranism, we are grateful that you have journeyed through this difficult time with us here on Lutheranforum.org. We hope that you have found the commentary and postings timely and enlightening, but also challenging and thought-provoking as we seek a way forward for our Lutheran churches that is both evangelical and catholic.

If you have benefitted from the discussions and commentary, please take a moment and head over to alpb.org – the “parent” website of Lutheranforum.org. There you will have the opportunity to make an online contribution to help us cover our expenses for the year by clicking on the DONATE button. While there you may also want to look through our catalog of books, and if you haven’t already, you can sign up for our quarterly Lutheran Forum and its monthly companion Forum Letter. Who says you can’t give yourself a gift for Christmas?

We are most grateful to you, our readers, for helping make Lutheranforum.org the critically important voice that it has become. We look forward to our continued service to you as an independent voice for American Lutherans in 2010. 

Every blessing,

Paul Sauer

Associate Editor – Lutheran Forum