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

A Story of Positive Pastoral Transition

Here is our advice for a positive, healthy transition between a former pastor and new pastor.

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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.

Photo credit: Photo by Jerry Kiesewetter on Unsplash
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.

The nativity scene at Village Lutheran Church on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2015, in Ladue, Mo. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
Christmas is too good to miss

Even if only five people show up on a sleety Christmas Eve, open the doors. Light candles. Sing. Read Scripture. Preach the Word.

A mural of Jesus Christ in the chapel of the Mekane Yesus Seminary in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
Jesus isn’t the rebel you think He is

To see Jesus only as either a zealous renegade or an ardent traditionalist is to ignore His true and fundamental identity.

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