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Higher Things welcomes the Rev. George F. Borghardt as our new Conference Executive!

Pastor Borghardt serves as Assistant/Youth Pastor at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Conroe, TX.  For the last two years, he has served as the Internet Services Executive for Higher Things.  If it's been on our website, he was watching our webmaster and programmer Stan Lemon put it there! 

This past year, Pr. Borghardt served as the FOR YOU Asheville Conference Chairman.  He was last seen skipping through Ridgecrest following the closing Divine Service proclaiming the FOR YOU conferences, "DONE! DONE! DONE!"

[The pictures FOR YOU are coming.  Return and reread this article soon!]

by Rev. Rich Heinz

It doesn’t get better than this! Harry Potter fans abound, reading and discussing their

by Rev. Rich Heinz

Technical difficulties with posting “Day 1” kept me up, fighting with my laptop computer

by Rev. Rich Heinz

Here I am, at my first Higher Things conference! Am I crazy? I woke up at 3:15 this morning to have enough time for the TSA line after less than four hours of sleep, got on a little jet from

myHT is always changing, and we're always posting new content - and today we have three new articles for you! If you haven't already, you should consider making myHT your favorite web browser's start page - that way you don't miss any of the great new content released each week on myHT!

In case you haven't noticed, myHT has an RSS feed available for it, so you can keep track of new articles as they are posted in your favorite News Reader! In the far right corner of your web browser's address bar you might notice an RSS button, and if you click on it you'll see one of several of HT's RSS feeds for myHT. The url is: http://higherthings.org/myht/rss.xml so subscribe to it today!

So, go check out today's new content and keep checking back regularly for new articles @ myHT.

Greetings, some of you over Memorial Day weekend may have experienced technical difficulties with Higher Things new gateway, myHT. We are deeply sorry for any lapse in service you may have experienced due to these technical problems. myHT is very much a service in-progress, and we are continuously working to improve the functionality and performance of it.

Some of you may have stumbled upon the freedom of myHT, that is the ability to locate each "box" (we call them modules) where you want on the myHT landing page. For those that discovered this functionality (yes, we didn't tell you on purpose - we wanted it to be a surprise!) you will notice that myHT no longer remembers where you put things. Unfortunately the technical problems experienced this weekend were in part related to the freedom of myHT.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ rejoice! Forgiveness doth abound! While myHT may not remember where you put things, that functionality has not disapeared. As is true in the Christian life, myHT is moving forward renewed and ready to once again live freely.

Again, we at Internet Services hope that you were not inconvenienced by the lapse of service over Memorial Day weekend. We hope and plan to provide you with the same great service you have come to expect from the Higher Things Website.

In case you hadn't noticed either, there's some new content over at myHT so you should go check it out! Remember, there is always more at myHT - new content each week, posted throughout the week. More is the way of Gospel - and there are always more gifts waiting at myHT!

You have had a sneak peek through several articles here on the main site of Higher Things; now get ready to bookmark myHT as one of your new favorite places!

Join us and get swept up with the great articles on everything from our life of prayer to current events in the news; from the Daily Reflections to life issues; from movie and music reviews to catechesis that truly dares to be Lutheran. myHT is what we have been looking for: a place to “ascend in heart and mind and continually dwell there with Him,” rejoicing in His Holy Gifts, and living out our many and various vocations.   myHT will continue to build on the Higher Things format: when we worship we worship; when we work we work; and when we play we play.

On Ascension Day, begin your frequent visits to myHT to explore our worship, work, and play!