On ‘The Machine Stops’: ‘You Are Beginning to Worship the Machine’
Through adoration, acedia and atrophy, Forster perceives how the machine age exerts power over our relationships, our religion, our reality, and even our bodies.
Articles
The Cover We Didn’t Choose
As Lutherans, we believe “that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my members, my reason and all my senses, and still takes care of them” (SC II 1). We confess, moreover, that mankind was created “in the image of God” (Gen. 1:27). Gazing at the empty eyes of the AI “creation,” it was hard to see how this “art” (if such it was) could possibly communicate these glorious and eternal truths.
The River and the Vessel: Transmitting Faith from Generation to Generation
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not a Western export, nor an African possession, nor an American commodity. It is a divine proclamation that transcends cultural barriers because it addresses the universal human condition and its cure — sin and grace, death and resurrection.
The Church Cannot Remain Silent on Cohabitation
As Lutherans, we need to resist making moral compromises ourselves and actively encourage our young people not to make them, either. When the church gets laryngitis on moral issues such as cohabitation, it loses its voice on all other issues as well.
2026 LW Summer Reading Roundup
Writers and editors of The Lutheran Witness share the books they’re excited about this summer.
We Do So Need Our Mothers: On ‘Peter Pan’
The true beauty of “Peter Pan” is a mother’s love.
On ‘Hamlet’: What It Means ‘To Be’
Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” invites audiences to contemplate what it means to truly “be.”
You Are Not Pond Scum: The Importance of the Genesis Account
It is important that you know, and never forget the fact, that you are a distinct creation of God’s hand.
The Theology of Physical Well-Being
A reflection on vocational well-being for church workers.
Review: Wake Up Dead Man — The (Sacred) Heart of the Mystery
A review of the film Wake Up Dead Man (2025).
On ‘Moby Dick’: Grappling with the Book of Nature
A literary reflection on Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick.”
Seeing Stewardship Through the Proper Lens
Viewing stewardship through the lens of the Gospel gives its full picture as both the source and purpose of stewardship.