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The online musings from pastors, theologians and laity that will help you see the world from a Lutheran perspective.
‘Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming’: A Hymnwriter Shares His Favorite Christmas Hymn
This hymn beautifully evokes the mystery of the Incarnation that we celebrate each Christmas.
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Body and Soul; Bytes and Screens
Does this article exist? You can’t hold it in your hands, turn the pages, mark it up with a pen and highlighter, or crumple it up …
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Eve
That particular joy is this: I do not want to unwrap any presents on Christmas morning. I just want to go to church.
Victims and Heroes
You can hear the laments of victims crying out for justice and you can also see the heroes patting themselves on the back.
World-Peace
“Every civilized man wants peace.” What peace does the world so earnestly desire? The peace that comes from …
‘If We Are Faithless …’
We’ve all certainly heard of “eleventh-hour conversions” … Would this have been the opposite? Eleventh-hour wavering? Deathbed doubt?
Funerals Have Changed
More than 25 years ago, a funeral was simply a funeral; they were all the same. The visitation happened at the funeral home …