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AI-generated magazine cover prompted by Carolyn Niehoff/LCMS Communications
The Cover We Didn’t Choose
As Lutherans, we believe “that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my members, my reason and all my senses, and still takes care of them” (SC II 1). We confess, moreover, that mankind was created “in the image of God” (Gen. ...

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Laughing with Luther
If you haven't yet had a laugh while reading Luther, you may be doing it wrong.
By Ildar Sagdejev (Specious) (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Brick-and-mortar may change, but the church shall remain
Does online activity spell doom for brick-and-mortar congregations? Many beloved aspects of life in the Church give us reason to hope not!
Dick Keezer (left), a church member and flood victim, prays with his pastor, the Rev. Steve Gillmore (center) of First Lutheran Church, Neosho, Mo., the Rev. Michael Meyer, manager of LCMS Disaster Response, and the Rev. Greg Mech (right), pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Joplin, Mo., during a visitation with Keezer at his flood-damaged home on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Neosho. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
Praying in faith and love as the Body of Christ
In the wake of devastating disasters that leave victims in need of tangible assistance, what good is prayer?
By Luca Nebuloni (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nebulux/505569483/) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Ordinary green
Green fields, green trees, green paraments. It can all seem a bit mundane. But look again: there's nothing ordinary about ordinary time.
Hope rising above the flood
As Hurricane Harvey dumped over two feet of rain in the greater Houston area, Romans 8:39 kept ringing through Donna Pyle's head with Hurricane Harvey ...
Alvin, TX on Wednesday Aug 30, photo credit, Jennifer Davis
The rains came down
"There had been no mandatory evacuation for Friendswood residents. No one knew it was going to be this bad ... And still, the rain continued." ...
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