Voting takes place Saturday, June 13th through Tuesday, June 16th for President of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod.

If you're a registered voter for the 26th L-CMS presidential election, please vote to re-elect

issues, et cetera, regular guest, Pastor Matt Harrison for a final three-year term.

If you're not a voter, encourage your pastor and your congregation's lay voter to vote for

President Harrison. Official ballots have been mailed to all registered voters. Remember to vote

June 13th through the 16th. In the gospel reading for this coming Sunday, according to the one-year electionary, Jesus is telling some famous parables, or maybe it's just one parable that's retold three times.

Parable of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost sons.

Greetings, and welcome to issues, et cetera, coming to you live from the studios of Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, Illinois.

I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. We're going to be looking forward to Sunday morning,

according to the one year electionary with Dr. John Bumbarrow. After Michael New, we'll join us for a

pro-life update. After that, Wesley Smith gives us a bioethics update. Then we'll be talking

with Glenn Stanton to focus on the family about Andrew Sullivan, a gay activist, attempting to

separate lesbian and gay from

transgender and queer. Dr. John Bumbarrow is senior pastor of St. James Lutheran Church in

Lafayette, Indiana. He's a Navy chaplain serving the U.S. Marine Corps. Dr. Bambarro, welcome back.

It's a joy to be with you, Todd.

This third Sunday after Trinity takes us into the season of what is usually called,

and I think called in the Western tradition, ordinary time.

Tell us about this.

Yeah, that's exactly right.

This Sunday marks a deep transition into that season of ordinary time.

Having completed the great historical

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