For Mom
This is for you, Mom, because motherhood isn’t easy. Motherhood is a holy office. It has God’s blessing, plus a lot of sacrificial labor.
The glorious blessing of Christ’s resurrection
It is the bedrock teaching of the New Testament that Christ is the first one raised, and we too shall be raised from the dead at the Last Day.
Lutheran Witness: May 2018
Celebrate God’s gift of children this month in the May issue of The Lutheran Witness, as we reflect on the blessing that children are in the lives of their parents, communities and churches.
Caring, not killing, in a throwaway society
The Church is not a throwaway society — quite the opposite. In God’s economy there is no person pointless enough to throw away.
Being someone’s someone
It is a fine thing — a very fine thing — to consider those around you as essential contributors to your identity. Not everyone is a spouse. Not everyone is a parent. But everyone is someone’s someone.
The Paschal Lamb and the Angel of Death
For Christians in the Early Church, cross and resurrection were not in opposition to each other. Their Easter worship services and sermons were a celebration of both at once.
The most influential book
The answers to life’s biggest questions and challenges aren’t to be found in yet one more new book, but in one very, very old one.
I challenge you to read the Bible
There is no problem of faith, life, family or Church for which the Bible does not have answers. As we move toward the Synod’s 175th anniversary in 2022, let’s be people of the Bible.
Lutheran Witness: April 2018
The April issue of The Lutheran Witness looks at Christian missions through the lens of Easter and sees Easter anew through the eyes of LCMS missionaries around the world.
Easter is coming — no FOOLIN’!
Though the Gospel we preach may be “a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,” God’s beloved children are no fools. We know what really happened on Easter.
The sights and sounds of Holy Week
Even though we know how the story of Christ’s passion ends, the sacred readings, hymns and services of Holy Week keep our longing for Easter fresh and real each and every year.
Piety vs. Pietism
Though often used interchangeably, the theological terms “piety” and “Pietism” actually have very different meanings. Can you tell them apart?