
Lutheran Witness: December 2017
This month’s issue addresses a variety of topics relating to Advent and Christmas, with a special focus on Mary’s place in history and Lutheran theology.

This month’s issue addresses a variety of topics relating to Advent and Christmas, with a special focus on Mary’s place in history and Lutheran theology.

Micah Glenn “could not have foreseen” returning to Ferguson, Mo., after seminary, but as soon as he received the call, he knew it was where he needed to be.

In this month’s Lutheran Witness, we share trends, data and individual “snapshot” stories that together offer a detailed look at the LCMS in 2017.

Everywhere we turn these days, we see Luther’s face and hear Luther’s story. But Luther didn’t act alone. He couldn’t have.

Celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation and learn about the 95 Theses, Luther’s rose, “A Mighty Fortress” and more in this month’s Lutheran Witness.

Learn more about our creeds and confessions — what we believe, and how and why we talk about those shared beliefs — in this month’s Lutheran Witness.
![By Oregon State University (Solar eclipse) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://witness.lcms.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Total_solar_eclipse_1999_feature.jpg)
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 scientist?