All Things New
With all the “newness” of January, we remember that ours begins in the newness of the Gospel in Jesus.
Lutheran Witness: January 2026
The January issue explores Christian leisure, the Sabbath and the Third Commandment.
Hands, Channels and Means
Only a person who rests fully in Christ’s righteousness can serve his neighbor with delight, in the fullest sense of the word.
Leisure in Our Lord: Twelfth Night Feast
Across Christendom, the night before the light of Epiphany is a wonderful occasion set aside for Christian joy.
Rest from Our Labors, Rest from Our Screens?
Leisure, in its historical usage, was about advancing ourselves in ways that foster a life of faith toward God and love toward neighbor.
‘Abounding in the Word’: Looking Forward
If you’ve been around as long as me, you’ll note we have enjoyed great, even dramatic improvement in the Synod’s life of doctrine and practice.
On the ‘Little House’ Series: Longing for the Promised Land
Homesteading is not the secret to happiness. It’s merely the backdrop against which Ma and Pa joyfully live out their vocations.
Restored to the Original: Steward the Gospel
Despite the first steward’s failings, all stewards are restored by God’s mercy and grace to their one task of stewardship: stewarding the Gospel!
The Thing Around Which Everything Else Must Move
We simply cannot treat anything without Christ’s promise of permanence as the thing around which everything else must move.
Lutheran Witness: December 2025
The December issue is all about tradition and traditions.
Advent and Christmas: Mincemeat Pies
A long-standing custom of Christmastide is the baking of mincemeat pies, a tradition reaching back to the 11th century.
‘I Delivered to You What I Also Received’: Tradition and the Gospel
Tradition is a good thing, provided it does not contradict the Gospel and the Word of God, which is, after all, itself divine tradition.