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The online musings from pastors, theologians and laity that will help you see the world from a Lutheran perspective.
On ‘The Machine Stops’: ‘You Are Beginning to Worship the Machine’
The machine age is already changing us — our relationships, our religion, our reality, and even our bodies.
Joshua Pauling
August 11, 2026
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The View from Here: The Legend of the Nazarene
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by Augusta Mennell
What is the most popular religion in the world? It may be “the legend of the Nazarene.” Wherever I go I find it ...
What is the most popular religion in the world? It may be “the legend of the Nazarene.” Wherever I go I find it ...
The View from Here: ‘Come and See’
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by Rev. Dr. Robert Rosin The fall quarter of teaching in St. Louis has come to a close. (We’ve squeezed ...
Why Did He Bother?
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by Rev. Thomas Chryst It’s finally here. After all the preparations, all the waiting, all the expectation, Christmas is here. ...
Jesus—the example to follow
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In Scripture, we read what Jesus said to His disciples when they had argued among themselves about their importance. “Whoever would be great among you ...
Dancing on the Devil’s Grave
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by Rev. William M. Cwirla Halloween has become a major commercial holiday in this country, second in potential profit making ...
The View from Here: Being “Little” Means a Lot
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by Dr. Lane R. Seitz This past Sunday I worshiped in one of the smaller congregations in our district. There ...


