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The online musings from pastors, theologians and laity that will help you see the world from a Lutheran perspective.
Theology of Vocational Well-Being in Team Ministry
When a team is working effectively, its combined efforts far outstrip the efforts of the pastor alone.
LCMS Worker Wellness
October 27, 2026
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On ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’: My Walk is Heav’nward All the Way
Kate Deddens
Bunyan’s tale describes the walk of the Christian through this earthly life, afflicted by both external and internal destructive forces.
How I Rediscovered Oct. 31 as Reformation Day
Vladimir Snurenco
What could be better than celebrating Reformation Day in a joyful, educational and unmistakably Lutheran way?
Our Eyes in the Age of the Algorithm
Mary Henrichs
Algorithms feed us what they think we want to consume. What are we inadvertently telling them that we are hungry for?
Music and the Christian Life
Kristen Einertson and Tessa Muench
Music does so much more than merely entertain and give us pleasure. It also helps us learn and remember.
The Power of Scripture When Memory Fails
Christopher S. Esget
Memorizing God's Word is a good thing. But what shall we say of the Alzheimer’s patient, the infant or the intellectually disabled?
Why Memorize When You Can Just Google It?
Joshua Pauling
With the internet at our fingertips, we easily come to rely on it for everything. But what is lost when we outsource our memory?








