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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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Hope for the hopeless in the new year
LW Contributor
Our hope is not in the grinding of the gears on the universal clock that takes us from year into new year. Our hope is ...
A handmade holder on a pew used for the disposal of individual communion cups is framed by Christmas trees at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Collinsville, Ill., on Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
Keeping Christmas
LW Contributor
“Keep Christ in Christmas!” the billboards and yard signs tell us. But what does it mean for us to keep both “Christ” and “Mass” in ...
Flying with Luther on the 500th
LW Contributor
When Victor Nelson flew from Albany to Louisville on Reformation Day, he brought along a costume, a bag of KitKats — and a heart for ...
The nativity scene at Village Lutheran Church on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2015, in Ladue, Mo. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
Christmas is too good to miss
Rachel Bomberger
Even if only five people show up on a sleety Christmas Eve, open the doors. Light candles. Sing. Read Scripture. Preach the Word.
A mural of Jesus Christ in the chapel of the Mekane Yesus Seminary in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
Jesus isn’t the rebel you think He is
LW Contributor
To see Jesus only as either a zealous renegade or an ardent traditionalist is to ignore His true and fundamental identity.
Embrace — don’t skip — Advent
LW Contributor
Most of us choose to skip Advent for the soft glow of a secularized holiday. But what if we gave this wonderful, preparatory season our ...
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