Welcoming ‘Church Shoppers’ in the Holiday Season (and Anytime)
Ah, Christmas: that wonderful time of year when the church music and readings are all comfortably familiar …
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.
‘If We Are Faithless …’
We’ve all certainly heard of “eleventh-hour conversions” … Would this have been the opposite? Eleventh-hour wavering? Deathbed doubt?
God Bless You
I don’t know why I thought I’d be able to mediate the heated dispute between two neighbors on the jogging trail that day.
The Ballad of Baby Peach
When we welcome the three-legged chickens, we very often find ourselves surprised and delighted by the ways God blesses our lives.
How the Church Can Support Military Families during Deployment
They say something always breaks in the first week of a spouse’s deployment. Maybe this is a gift in disguise.
The Easter Feast: A Table Laden with Meaning
There is no meal I look forward to as much as our annual Easter feast. My enjoyment of other festive meals always pales in comparison to Easter dinner.
Did Mary Have Morning Sickness?
I wonder what was going through Mary’s mind while the angel spoke to her.
Waiting for the Seeds
The hardest part of gardening is always the waiting.
Writing for Lutherans, Part 3: Don’t be Boring
Please, please, please, if you love me (and the rest of your readers) … don’t be boring.
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.
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.