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2026 LW Summer Reading Roundup
Writers and editors of The Lutheran Witness share the books they're excited about this summer.
Rachel Bomberger, Cheryl Magness and Mary Henrichs
June 25, 2026
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A Holy Week identity crisis
LW Contributor
If we truly examine our words and actions, we are forced to admit that we have sometimes echoed Peter's words: “I know not the man!”
Save the offering
LW Contributor
Online giving may soon make passing the plate during Sunday morning worship services practically obsolete. But at what theological cost?
Love won in St. Louis
LW Contributor
What does love look like? A husband and a wife who lay down their lives for each other. Christ on the cross, dying to redeem ...
Let there be light
LW Contributor
Beginning with its epic appearance in the opening verses of Genesis, light is a powerful image throughout the pages of Scripture.
We shall not want: On Psalm 23
LW Contributor
The words of the familiar psalm are more than poetry. They are a confession of faith: With Christ as our Shepherd, we want for nothing. ...
Love keeps no record of rights
LW Contributor
We do a nice thing and immediately tuck it away in our mental archives for later. “Wow,” we say to ourselves, “would you look at ...








