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The online musings from pastors, theologians and laity that will help you see the world from a Lutheran perspective. 

Marriage and the Gift of Dying to Self

Marriage is not a curse to avoid or put off for a better time. It is a gift that creates a husband and wife and a blessed family.

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The ultimate safety net

We can’t safeguard our loved ones from every danger. We’re only human. But there is One who provides ultimate protection — Jesus Christ.

When you are criticized …

When facing criticism, do you respond with denial? despair? defensiveness? Or do you instead see (and seize) the opportunity to learn and grow?

Student volunteers Brandon Price (left) and Kristi Nowak make sandwiches for the homeless ministry at First Trinity Evangelical–Lutheran Church on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in Pittsburgh. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
Food, clothes and an apartment — for Jesus

Jesus reminds us in Matthew 25 that when we serve our neighbor, we are serving Him. Even more, Jesus directs Christians to see God in those we serve.

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Hope for the hopeless in the new year

Our hope is not in the grinding of the gears on the universal clock that takes us from year into new year. Our hope is in the one, true God.

A handmade holder on a pew used for the disposal of individual communion cups is framed by Christmas trees at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Collinsville, Ill., on Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
Keeping Christmas

“Keep Christ in Christmas!” the billboards and yard signs tell us. But what does it mean for us to keep both “Christ” and “Mass” in Christmas?

Flying with Luther on the 500th

When Victor Nelson flew from Albany to Louisville on Reformation Day, he brought along a costume, a bag of KitKats — and a heart for sharing the Gospel.

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