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The online musings from pastors, theologians and laity that will help you see the world from a Lutheran perspective.
Why Memorize When You Can Just Google It?
With the internet at our fingertips, we easily come to rely on it for everything. But what is lost when we outsource our memory?
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On ‘The Machine Stops’: ‘You Are Beginning to Worship the Machine’
The machine age is already changing us — our relationships, our religion, our reality, and even our bodies.
The Cover We Didn’t Choose
As Lutherans, we believe “that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all ...
The River and the Vessel: Transmitting Faith from Generation to Generation
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not a Western export, nor an African possession, nor an American commodity. It is a divine proclamation that transcends ...
The Church Cannot Remain Silent on Cohabitation
As Lutherans, we need to resist making moral compromises ourselves and actively encourage our young people not to make them, either. When the church gets ...
2026 LW Summer Reading Roundup
Writers and editors of The Lutheran Witness share the books they're excited about this summer.
We Do So Need Our Mothers: On ‘Peter Pan’
The true beauty of "Peter Pan" is a mother's love.