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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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Diversity in unity at Pentecost
LW Contributor
"After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing ...
For Mom
LW Contributor
This is for you, Mom, because motherhood isn’t easy. Motherhood is a holy office. It has God’s blessing, plus a lot of sacrificial labor.
Caring, not killing, in a throwaway society
LW Contributor
The Church is not a throwaway society — quite the opposite. In God’s economy there is no person pointless enough to throw away.
Being someone’s someone
LW Contributor
It is a fine thing — a very fine thing — to consider those around you as essential contributors to your identity. Not everyone is ...
The most influential book
LW Contributor
The answers to life's biggest questions and challenges aren't to be found in yet one more new book, but in one very, very old one.
Easter is coming — no FOOLIN’!
LW Contributor
Though the Gospel we preach may be “a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles," God’s beloved children are no fools. We know what ...








