2026 LW Summer Reading Roundup
Writers and editors of The Lutheran Witness share the books they’re excited about this summer.
Articles
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.
All Things New
With all the “newness” of January, we remember that ours begins in the newness of the Gospel in Jesus.
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!
On the ‘Odyssey’: The Joy of Redemption
A literary reflection by Davis Smith on Homer’s Odyssey. This is one installment of a monthly series providing reflections on works of literature from a Lutheran perspective. No finer, greater gift in the world than that … when man and woman possess their home, two minds, two hearts that work as one. –Odyssey, 6.200–202 The