Artwork and visual symbolism seen in a church building often make a confession long before parishioners hear what is confessed in the liturgy. Some of the symbolic meaning, however, may be lost to us. This is the seventh of nine articles devoted to those images which we often see — but may not always understand …
The rite of Christian burial is often the last good work the Lord permits us to do for our beloved friends until we meet them again in the resurrection.
The “problem of death” is a great opportunity to confess Jesus.
A Christian funeral is a great and final confession. This issue of The Lutheran Witness will help you think about planning your own.
The September Lutheran Witness explores how Christian funerals can confess our hope in Christ, and provides counsel for planning your own.
Despite our best efforts to avoid them, pain and suffering appear in our lives. Lessing reminds us: “Exile doesn’t negate God’s promises.”
Images of birds, for example, often appear in Christian art, but a few of these symbols need some explaining.
Stars have a long and distinguished history in church art, and this didn’t start with the old “stars and stripes.”
Representations of Mary, the mother of our Lord, often evoke a great deal of consternation among Lutherans.
I don’t know why I thought I’d be able to mediate the heated dispute between two neighbors on the jogging trail that day.
For the most part, early Christians placed halos on images of “sainted” Christians, that is, Christians already in heaven …
The LCMS has embarked on an aggressive, comprehensive Church Worker Recruitment Initiative. The initiative seeks to form pastors and church workers to hand over the saving faith to God’s people, passing on the Christian faith from one generation to the next until our Savior’s return.