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

On Witchcraft: A Growing Spiritual Trend

Witchcraft and paganism have become some of the fastest-growing spiritual trends in Western culture today.

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Laughing with Luther

If you haven’t yet had a laugh while reading Luther, you may be doing it wrong.

By Ildar Sagdejev (Specious) (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Brick-and-mortar may change, but the church shall remain

Does online activity spell doom for brick-and-mortar congregations? Many beloved aspects of life in the Church give us reason to hope not!

Dick Keezer (left), a church member and flood victim, prays with his pastor, the Rev. Steve Gillmore (center) of First Lutheran Church, Neosho, Mo., the Rev. Michael Meyer, manager of LCMS Disaster Response, and the Rev. Greg Mech (right), pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Joplin, Mo., during a visitation with Keezer at his flood-damaged home on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Neosho. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
Praying in faith and love as the Body of Christ

In the wake of devastating disasters that leave victims in need of tangible assistance, what good is prayer?

By Luca Nebuloni (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nebulux/505569483/) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Ordinary green

Green fields, green trees, green paraments. It can all seem a bit mundane. But look again: there’s nothing ordinary about ordinary time.

Hope rising above the flood

As Hurricane Harvey dumped over two feet of rain in the greater Houston area, Romans 8:39 kept ringing through Donna Pyle’s head with Hurricane Harvey subtitles: Neither height of rising water nor depth of flood, nor anything else Harvey can hurl at us, can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Alvin, TX on Wednesday Aug 30, photo credit, Jennifer Davis
The rains came down

“There had been no mandatory evacuation for Friendswood residents. No one knew it was going to be this bad … And still, the rain continued.”

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