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2026 LW Summer Reading Roundup
Writers and editors of The Lutheran Witness share the books they're excited about this summer.
Rachel Bomberger, Cheryl Magness and Mary Henrichs
June 25, 2026
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Victims and Heroes
Joshua Theilen
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
LW Contributor
“Every civilized man wants peace.” What peace does the world so earnestly desire? The peace that comes from ...
‘If We Are Faithless …’
Rachel Bomberger
We’ve all certainly heard of “eleventh-hour conversions” ... Would this have been the opposite? Eleventh-hour wavering? Deathbed doubt?
Funerals Have Changed
Jonathan Zwick
More than 25 years ago, a funeral was simply a funeral; they were all the same. The visitation happened at the funeral home ...
Book Review: ‘Overcoming Life’s Sorrows’ by R. Reed Lessing
Roy S. Askins
Despite our best efforts to avoid them, pain and suffering appear in our lives. Lessing reminds us: “Exile doesn't negate God's promises."
God Bless You
Rachel Bomberger
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.








