Body and Soul; Bytes and Screens
Does this article exist? You can’t hold it in your hands, turn the pages, mark it up with a pen and highlighter, or crumple it up …
Articles
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Eve
That particular joy is this: I do not want to unwrap any presents on Christmas morning. I just want to go to church.
Victims and Heroes
You can hear the laments of victims crying out for justice and you can also see the heroes patting themselves on the back.
World-Peace
“Every civilized man wants peace.” What peace does the world so earnestly desire? The peace that comes from …
‘If We Are Faithless …’
We’ve all certainly heard of “eleventh-hour conversions” … Would this have been the opposite? Eleventh-hour wavering? Deathbed doubt?
Funerals Have Changed
More than 25 years ago, a funeral was simply a funeral; they were all the same. The visitation happened at the funeral home …
Book Review: ‘Overcoming Life’s Sorrows’ by R. Reed Lessing
Despite our best efforts to avoid them, pain and suffering appear in our lives. Lessing reminds us: “Exile doesn’t negate God’s promises.”
God Bless You
I don’t know why I thought I’d be able to mediate the heated dispute between two neighbors on the jogging trail that day.
The Ballad of Baby Peach
When we welcome the three-legged chickens, we very often find ourselves surprised and delighted by the ways God blesses our lives.
When Your Pastor Gets Deployed
Advice from LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces on the steps a congregation should take at each stage of their pastor’s deployment.
U.S. Population Changes Bring Opportunities
Population growth in the U.S. is slowing, with the decade of 2010–2020 recording the slowest growth rate in American history.
Write for LW in 2021: Part 2
For 140 years, The Lutheran Witness has taught and educated English-speaking Lutherans all over the world. We teach what the Bible teaches.