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The online musings from pastors, theologians and laity that will help you see the world from a Lutheran perspective.
Review: Wake Up Dead Man — The (Sacred) Heart of the Mystery
A review of the film Wake Up Dead Man (2025).
Mary Henrichs
February 25, 2026
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A happy drowning
LW Contributor
A happy, terrible act is Baptism — a rebirth of life and, at the same time, a drowning and death. We see this contrast in ...
Is it the apocalypse? A Lutheran guide to a total eclipse of the sun
LW Contributor
If you’re looking for some spiritual significance to the total eclipse, why speculate? Rather than guess that it’s a harbinger of the future apocalypse, look ...
The heavens declare the glory of God: a scientist’s view of the solar eclipse
Rachel Bomberger
A solar eclipse is one of the most spectacular astronomical events observable with the naked eye. But what does it look like to a Lutheran ...
He saves the crushed in spirit
LW Contributor
America's founding fathers believed that the "pursuit of happiness" was an inalienable right, and most people today certainly think that they deserve to be happy. ...
Getting over a pastor
Rudy Blank
Congregations can get over pastors. Pastors are, and should be, replaceable. But pastors don’t get over the places, the people, they serve. In a pastor’s ...
… So Loved the World
Rudy Blank
Doggedly chasing the world’s standard for inclusivity and hypersensitivity often falls flat and possibly lands with a lawsuit or two. But maybe there’s another way.





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