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The online musings from pastors, theologians and laity that will help you see the world from a Lutheran perspective.
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 cultural barriers because it addresses the universal human condition and its cure — sin and grace, death and resurrection.
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The Religiously Remixed
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, we do not live in an increasingly secularized, materialist society. Rather, we live in a society in which people are ...
Praying Colors, Morning and Evening
I first encountered morning and evening colors at Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island.
Share my Suffering?
My body is diseased, and I am suffering with an illness, but I do not want to burden my children or my church with it. ...
Who is Jesus?
Jesus asked, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” (Matt. 16:13). That is a very important question.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, the sinner. Whence it first arose is a matter of some debate among scholars ...
The Demise of the American Family
Today, two-thirds of all marriages are preceded by cohabitation, by just “living together.”