The Latest Articles
The online musings from pastors, theologians and laity that will help you see the world from a Lutheran perspective.
On ‘Wuthering Heights’: The destruction of love turned inward
Catherine and Heathcliff’s pseudo-love is an obsession absolutely turned inward, a snake eating itself which, in its appetite, finds destruction.
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Interdependent Stewards
There are many types of interdependent stewards within a congregation. Sound preaching corrects their unfaithful patterns while forming faithful ones.
Theodore Stelzer: Seward’s “Renaissance Man”
Stelzer believed in the power of Lutheran music, as animated by the Gospel.
The Story of Lutheran Education
From Luther’s day to ours, Lutherans have made quality Christian education a central priority.
Edward Rechlin: First Concert Organist of the Missouri Synod
Rechlin’s professional life was spent in the service of the Gospel through performance rather than through composition, teaching or parish ministry.
Walter Wismar: A Kantor for the Whole Church
Walter Wismar’s writing, conducting and leadership modeled the fullest vocation of a Lutheran Kantor.
On ‘Paradise Lost’: What Temptation Looks Like
Adam and Eve may have been tempted by the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil; readers of Paradise Lost are tempted instead by the character of Satan himself.