Stories from the Mission Field | CGO Blog

I don’t like reading the news. Too many bad things happen.

Just a few weeks ago, stories of Nebraska flooded headlines around the United States. The combination of melting snow, heavy rain, and flat farmland resulted in catastrophic flooding across hundreds of miles of the state.

Every January, Google searches for “detox” spike.

When Christ Community International (CCI) sent a group to Kawete, Uganda, this past spring, they wanted to help the community in a variety of different ways.

Your donations to Concordia Gospel Outreach allowed us to partner with Elfie Eberle and Orphan Grain Train to send books to Liberia, where more than 5,000 children received a Gospel-centered book to call their very own.

Around Thanksgiving, without fail, there are always about a MILLION (that’s a rough estimate) blog posts about giving thanks.

Wildfires are terrifying. They’re nearly uncontrollable, unbelievably fast-spreading, and incredibly destructive. When you watch on TV the fires engulfing homes, forests, and cities, you finally understand the cliché “force of nature.”

World peace. Peace and quiet. Peace and love.

I grew up thinking it was impolite to talk about money. But we’re all mature adults here, so let’s be impolite for a second.

Love might seem more common than ever. We comment “Love!!!!” on Facebook posts. We double tap Instagram photos to project our love to others, sending virtual hearts across the world. We loudly proclaim our love for chips and queso.