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The online musings from pastors, theologians and laity that will help you see the world from a Lutheran perspective.
On ‘The Machine Stops’: ‘You Are Beginning to Worship the Machine’
The machine age is already changing us — our relationships, our religion, our reality, and even our bodies.
Joshua Pauling
August 11, 2026
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Happy birthday to someone else
LW Contributor
When we’re staring at a pile of blessings next door, we miss the ones in front of us.
A note to parents with wiggly children
LW Contributor
“Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 19:14).
Celebrating our dependence
LW Contributor
God did not create us for independence or autonomy. His freedom is not the same as the world’s “freedom.”
A God of acts and facts
LW Contributor
Of the 52 Sundays in the Church Year, only Trinity Sunday commemorates a doctrine rather than an event.
From whom I learned it
LW Contributor
My parents have lived in the same house since they got married in 1984. I have my passport number memorized. But where it counts, I ...
Peace where brothers are engaging
LW Contributor
The Church Militant is not only fighting with Satan and his demonic armies. It is also fighting with itself. Brothers fight.








