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The online musings from pastors, theologians and laity that will help you see the world from a Lutheran perspective.
Eastertide: Lamb Cake and Ascension Picnicking
As the Easter celebration continues (this year through the entire month of May), Christians will run into another important marker of the season: Ascension Day.
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Unlikely Savior, unlikely saints
Of all the Gentiles, the Magi would have been some of the most unlikely converts and worshipers. Yet even so, they came and worshiped the Savior.
The miracle truce of Christmas
On Christmas Eve 1914, World War I had been raging for months and 800,000 men had already been wounded or killed. Then something truly remarkable happened …
The Christmas squid
Its body is a rectangle of Styrofoam. Out of one end, a toothpick protrudes; out of the other spring several red and green pipe cleaners.
He was a good man
“He was a good man.” It’s a common refrain at funerals. But what are we really saying with these words? What does it mean to call a man “good”?
Advent is not a drag
Advent isn’t a drag. It’s a time when believers show the world that there’s oil in our flasks and that our faith isn’t pointless.
What is the most Lutheran sport?
Tennis? Running? Golf? What is the quintessential Lutheran sport? The answer might surprise you … but then again, it might not.