Guests Rev. Dr. Michael and Jen-Yi “Irene” Paul serve the Lord as career missionaries through The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) in Taiwan. In this role, Michael serves as a theological educator for the China Evangelical Lutheran Church. He teaches in congregations and at China Lutheran Seminary, Hsinchu. He also writes and translates Lutheran Chinese resources and helps mentor new church workers. Learn more about their story, including how to support their work, at lcms.org/paul and learn how you can serve as a missionary at lcms.org/service. Today’s program is a rebroadcast from July 20, 2017.

Guest Matt Machemer, Associate Kantor at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, shares insights into our beautiful hymns of the season of Advent. He talks about how these hymns are different from the others in our hymnal, the O Antiphons, and how to use these hymns in devotions at home.

Guest Camille Smith, RD, LD, Nutrition Educator with the STL District Dairy Council, brings us delicious recipes of cheese and hot cocoa with our guest taste test panel of students from Lutheran High School North in St. Louis, Missouri: Taylor, Katelyn, Taylor, and Isaiah. Learn more about the STL District Dairy Council at stldairycouncil.org or at facebook.com/StLouisDairyCouncil. Find the recipes and Facebook Live video at kfuo.org.

Guest Mary Schmidt, KFUO Manager of Development, shares thanks for our many donors! Listen in to hear how you can join the legacy of 90+ years of broadcasting the Good News of Christ for You.

Guest Karen Tripp, LMFT, founder Cancer Companions, shares about how we can offer support through the holidays to those experiencing cancer, and what to do and not to do to care for those loved ones.

Guest Rev. Anthony Oliphant, pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, Illinois, shares insights into how parents can use the season of Advent to teach their children about the coming of Christ and the new church year. He talks about common things we see in Advent, including the Advent wreath, the changing liturgical color, and the beautiful Advent hymnody we get to sing.

Guest the Rev. James Rivett, LCMS Southern Illinois District Prison Ministry Coordinator and LCMS Contract Prison Ministry Coordinator, talks about what prison ministry looks like during the holiday season and how he and other chaplains care for and bring the Gospel to those who are incarcerated. Learn more about the SID Prison Ministry at sidlcms.org/prison-ministry.

Guest Christina Hergenrader, author of 10 books including her newest book, Family Trees and Olive Branches available from Concordia Publishing House, talks about her article in the December 2017 Lutheran Witness: "A Season of Hope: Advent Activities for the Entire Family." Christina shares how to avoid the empty temptations of the season as well as some tips for observing Advent with kids. Subscribe to the Lutheran Witness at cph.org/witness.

Guest Rev. Bror Erickson, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Farmington, New Mexico, and translator of several books by Swedish pastor/author Bo Giertz, including With My Own Eyes and The Knights of Rhodes, shares insights into who Bo Giertz was and why his writings are among many peoples’ favorites. Purchase your copy of "With My Own Eyes" on Amazon.com.

Guest Rev. Chad Hoover, Theology Department Chair and Director of Integrated Campus Ministry Concordia Lutheran High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, discusses the 1983 Christmas classic film, The Christmas Story. Today’s program is an encore from December 21, 2015.