Faith & Family From Kfuo Radio

We’re celebrating Dairy Month with the St. Louis District Dairy Council! Guest Camille Smith - RD, LD, Nutrition Educator for the St. Louis District Dairy Council, along with Frank Doll - president of the St. Louis District Dairy Council board and an Illinois dairy farmer, and residents from Lutheran Senior Services Laclede Groves Senior Living Community talk all things dairy. Frank discusses his career as a dairy farmer and what it means to him to be a farmer. Camille features samples of recipes from a 1930s-era cookbook, and our panel from Laclede Groves gives their feedback. Find the recipes from today’s program and more about the St. Louis District Dairy Council at stldairycouncil.org and facebook.com/stlouisdairycouncil.

Guest Rev. Jonathan Lange, pastor of Our Saviour Lutheran Church in Evanston and St Paul Lutheran Church in Kemmerer, Wyoming, and also Chairman of the District Life Coordinators and a member of the LCMS Life Committee, talks about the importance of speaking faithfully regarding life issues, including life, marriage, and family. Learn more about the LCMS Life Committee and their work at lcms.org/life.

Guest Hilary Haak, Mission and Ministry Director for Lutherans for Life, talks about how congregations can get involved with life issues by starting a Life Team and how those teams tie into the larger mission of Lutherans for Life. Learn more about how your congregation can start a Life Teams at lutheransforlife.org.

Guests Rev. Andrew & Kelsey Schlund, missionaries in Mexico City, talk about what life is like in Mexico. Find their prayer card and more about their background and the work being done in Mexico at lcms.org/schlund and the Conrad family at lcms.org/conrad. Read more about their experiences in the Spring issue of Lutherans Engage: engage.lcms.org/mexico-missionary-spring-2017/.

Guests Donna J. Harrison, M.D. - Executive Director of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Josh Hawley - Missouri Attorney General, and Diane Vaughan, R.N. - Regional Manager for ThriVe St. Louis, talk about the state of women’s health care in Missouri. Dr. Harrison talks specifically about the rise of the abortion pill, or chemical abortion, in the state of Missouri and why that raises the risks for women who use it. Learn more about AAPLOG at aaplog.org. Josh Hawley speaks about his appeal of U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri Howard Sachs’ ruling ordering the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services to expedite licensing four abortion clinics in Missouri. Read the statement from the Attorney General’s office at ago.mo.gov/home/news-archives/2017-news-archives/ag-hawley-issues-statement-on-planned-parenthood-order-promises-to-appeal. Diane Vaughan talks about ThriVe St. Louis and how they serve women with lost-cost/no-cost healthcare options in

Annmarie Wallis and Kristina Wille - "Opening Minds Through Art" instructor at Laclede Groves, resident Evelyn, Tom Zuber - Executive Chef at Laclede Groves, residents Dan and Cathy Walther, and Kristina and Ashton from APA of MO share how older adults are living life to the fullest at Lutheran Seniors Services’s Laclede Groves Senior Living Community. Watch the Facebook live video at facebook.com/lutheranseniorservices to see the delicious food and adorable puppies!

Concordia University Nebraska Track and Field Head Coach Matt Beisel talks about being a servant leader on and off the track. Athletics are important, but it’s even more important to keep Christ first and build relationships that will last a lifetime. Today’s episode is an encore from August 2, 2016.

Guest Adriane Heins, Senior editor, catechetical information for The Lutheran Witness and Journal of Lutheran Mission for Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, talks about managing motherhood and editing these publications, as well as transitioning to full-time motherhood.

Guests Lisa Clark, senior editor for Concordia Publishing House and author of The Messengers Series, and Rev. Travis Scholl, managing editor of Seminary Publications for Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, talk about the upcoming "Faith and Writing" workshop on the Concordia Seminary campus July 25-27, 2017. Listen in to hear more about why this workshop is unique and what the presenters will be teaching. Learn more and register at csl.edu/resources/continuinged/faith-writing-workshop and read Rev. Scholl’s blog post at concordiatheology.org/2017/06/the-writing-life.

Guest Rev. Dr. Matthew Richard, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, Gwinner, North Dakota, and frequent guest on KFUO’s His Time, discusses about his book Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? Rev. Richard talks about addressing false christs in the book and in the lives of people we all encoutner, what has happened to objective truth, and how this book can be used. Find the book at cph.org/p-30662-will-the-real-jesus-please-stand-up-12-false-christs.aspx.

Guest Marguerite Duane, MD, MHA, FAAFP, Executive Director of FACTS (Fertility Appreciation to Teach the Science), talks about misconceptions and myths of Fertility Awareness Based Methods (FABM) and Natural Family Planning and how these methods have changed and improved over the years. FACTS has launched a petition to the CDC to update its website to reflect accurate and up-to-date data on these methods. Learn more about FACTS at FACTSaboutFertility.org and find the petition at petition.naturalwomanhood.org/CDC/Scriptmedical.

Guest Tim Young Eagle (Pawnee), CFRE, Executive Director of Lutheran Indian Ministries, talks about the mission of LIM and what the organization plans to do this year. Tim also touches on what has changed in American Indian culture and how family plays a key role in the culture. Learn more about LIM and their work at lutheranindianministries.org.

Guest Katie Schuermann talks about the 2nd Edition of her book He Remembers the Barren, including the new additions and how to use it as devotional material. What is gift language, and why is it so hard for us to use it? How does American culture affect how we interact with barren couples? What is our identity in Christ, and how does that help those who wish to have children? Find the wonderful 2nd Edition, including beautiful art prints of the cover by Edward Riojas, at emmanuelpress.us/books/he-remembers-the-barren.

Guest Rev. Dr. Mark Birkholz, pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Oak Lawn, Illinois, and author of the article "A Funeral Planning Primer" in the June/July edition of the Lutheran Witness, talks about funerals throughout the ages and how to plan for yours. We all face the reality of death, and it can be emotionally difficult to think about what your own funeral will look like. Rev. Birkholz talks through funerals throughout the ages, like how the early church handled burying the dead, how the Reformation changed how Lutherans practice funerals, how funerals have changed in modern times. He also speaks to why it's very important to plan your own funeral wishes and how to speak with your pastor about these things. Subscribe to the Lutheran Witness at cph.org/witness.

Guest Courtney Frerichs, Director of Counseling Services for Lutheran Family Services of Iowa, speaks about how to handle a shopping addiction, including how to know when you or a loved one is struggling with the addiction, the impact this kind of addiction can have on a relationship, and how to talk to a loved one about their behavior. Today’s program is an encore from October 7, 2016.

Guest David Olson, MD, FCP, talks about childhood obesity in the United States today, what contributes to it, and how parents can establish healthy habits for their children. Read about the FDA’s new Nutrition Facts Labels on their website fda.gov.

Guest Karl Galik, Vice President of Ministry Support for the Lutheran Church Extension Fund, talks about how to teach children to be good stewards of their money. Many spending habits that children learn when they’re young will carry through to adulthood. Karl discusses resources and strategies to help build good spending, saving, and tithing habits in children. Learn more about LCEF and find resources for parents on their website lcef.org. Today’s program is an encore from September 14, 2016.

Guest Mark Borchert, Director of Retirement Products and Services for Concordia Plan Services, talks about how to handle money with your spouse. Money is often a contentious issue in a marriage. Mark discusses how to budget together, figure out retirement savings, and work through differences in spending habits. Learn more about Concordia Plan Services on their website concordiaplans.org. Today’s program is an encore from September 14, 2016.

Guest Rachel Weir, Speech Pathologist, discusses various communication disorders that can be addressed with speech therapy at several stages of life.

Guests from the Silesian Diakonia (Slezská Diakonie) in the Czech Republic join us to talk about the services they provide and their approach to serving those in need in the Czech Republic. Karin Heczkove is head of accounting and auditing, Marek Stebel is head of three social services – shelter house, social rehabilitation, an day center for homeless with addiction problems, and Karla Glosova is head of the diaconal education center. Find more information and see photos of their work at facebook.com/slezska.diakonie or on their website slezskadiakonie.cz.