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The online musings from pastors, theologians and laity that will help you see the world from a Lutheran perspective.
On “Hamlet”: What It Means “To Be”
Shakespeare's "Hamlet" invites audiences to contemplate what it means to truly "be."
Mary Henrichs
April 17, 2026
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Of handshakes and holograms
LW Contributor
“You’re going to be out of a job soon, Pastor Bob,” I said to our pastor in the handshake line the other Sunday. "Not you ...
‘Now’ is a good time to pray
LW Contributor
Every “now” of our lives is a good time to pray. Whether we are content or troubled, each day is a good day to pray ...
Pray, praise and give thanks
LW Contributor
Our life together should certainly include bearing one another’s burdens and interceding for the sorrowful, but it is also important to celebrate together — to ...
Ordinary superheroes
LW Contributor
God does not call on us to don a cape and trounce bad guys, vigilante style. But He does take care of our neighbors through ...
From left to west: Sinners made right
LW Contributor
As far as the east is from the west, so far does Christ remove our transgressions from us.
You said what? Confession and Psalm 32
LW Contributor
On the surface, confessing your transgressions unto the Lord sounds like a very bad idea. If you can’t get rid of your faults, it’s only ...







