Writing for Lutherans, Part 2: Tell the Truth
In this second article in a three-part series, we’ll explore my second-and-almost-as-important rule of writing for Lutherans: Tell the truth.
Rachel Bomberger
Rachel Bomberger is a writer, editor, home educator and co-host of The Lutheran Ladies' Lounge podcast from KFUO Radio. She currently lives in Norfolk, Va., with her Navy chaplain husband and four children. Find her on Instagram @rachbomberger.
Writing for Lutherans, Part 1: Be Lutheran
Writing is hard. Always. It takes time and discipline, skill and creativity, guts and humility, no matter the context or the audience.
Praying Colors, Morning and Evening
I first encountered morning and evening colors at Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island.
Viral Evangelism: Lessons from a Pandemic
It began with one of the most powerful superspreading events in history: three thousand people at a single gathering. Although civil authorities were immediately concerned and quickly stepped up enforcement efforts in an attempt to isolate and quarantine the infected, it was too late. First the contagion spread like wildfire throughout the city, then it popped up seemingly at random in another city three hundred miles away and quickly spread there.
The Sewage Next Door
On paper, the home we had rented sight-unseen was perfect. It had the appropriate number of bedrooms and bathrooms for a family our size.
Mulch While the Sun Shines
Weeds rank high on the list of a gardener’s least favorite things, right up there with drought, blight, wilt, groundhogs, rabbits, parsley worms and potato beetles.
Of Parking Lots and Catacombs
If the only place the church could gather to hear the Word and receive the Sacraments was a [catacomb/graveyard/prison camp], would I go?
With my lost saints
It may seem for all the world as though death is the end of love. But it is not so. In Christ, love never ends (1 Cor. 13:8).
Lutheran Witness: June/July 2019
Look ahead to the 2019 Synod Convention with previews of overtures, nominees for president, essays, the opening service and more in the June/July issue of The Lutheran Witness.
Lutheran Witness: May 2019
Readers curious to know more about who the Holy Spirit is and how He works will find plenty to ponder in the May issue of The Lutheran Witness.
Lutheran Witness: April 2019
Christ alone. It seems so simple, so elementary. Every Lutheran knows and believes that, don’t they? And yet … how often do we forget?
Hot dish heaven
Lasagna and honey ham, lemon bars and snickerdoodles … There’s something heavenly about a potluck.