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2026 LW Summer Reading Roundup
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A crèche “crisis” averted
Let us join the Holy Family and shepherds and angels in focusing our gaze on the babe in the crib, on the greatest Gift of ...
O give thanks to the Lord
The atoning death of Christ is the fount of Christian thanksgiving.
Breaking the back-sitting Lutheran
Who could think of Lutherans without thinking of a people possessed of an unflagging, unabating, almost obsessive desire to sit in the back of the ...
Serving with varied grace
“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord."
Mercy and not sacrifice
The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is lived out in the life of the Christian. We live in the in-between time, the time of ...
Walking in circles
If we keep forging ahead in life on our own, the thorns and thistles we collect will do more than just irritate. Left untreated, they ...