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The online musings from pastors, theologians and laity that will help you see the world from a Lutheran perspective.
The Church Cannot Remain Silent on Cohabitation
As Lutherans, we need to resist making moral compromises ourselves and actively encourage our young people not to make them, either. When the church gets laryngitis on moral issues such as cohabitation, it loses its voice on all other issues as well.
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A happy drowning
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
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 ...
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The heavens declare the glory of God: a scientist’s view of the solar eclipse
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
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
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
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.