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On ‘The Machine Stops’: ‘You Are Beginning to Worship the Machine’
Through adoration, acedia and atrophy, Forster perceives how the machine age exerts power over our relationships, our religion, our reality, and even our bodies.
Joshua Pauling
August 11, 2026
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Under lock and key? Look and see!
LW Contributor
By His death and resurrection, Jesus locked up sin, death and Satan forever — and unlocked paradise for all who would believe.
The joy of weeping at All Saints
LW Contributor
There is more weeping on All Saints Day than at almost any other time of the church year, yet we weep together in joy and ...
Reading old books on Reformation Day
LW Contributor
Luther himself was well aware that he stood on the shoulders of giants. This Reformation, why not dust off a really old book and make ...
The thief of joy
LW Contributor
It happens every Sunday morning at every congregation: As soon as sinners gather, they start to compare themselves to each other.
Going for gold in grumbling
LW Contributor
How often do we go for gold in grumbling? How hard is it for us to let someone else be more wretched than we are?
Are you an eye, a little toe or a spleen?
LW Contributor
The Lord put His Church together so that each member is an important part of the Body. We are incomplete when even one of our ...








