The following article originally appeared in our April 2026 print edition. It is being published online now as part of LCMS Life Ministry’s Resource Library. If you were to ask a medical doctor what it means for a human to have “life,” he would probably cite several physical characteristics, beginning with a heart that is
The June/July issue takes up the topics of unity and variety in the church.
In the LCMS, following this tradition, we’ve sought to exercise freedom tempered by love.
How have Christians handled the “adiaphora” question over the centuries?
The multicultural church here on earth offers a foretaste of the heavenly feast to come.
Throughout the world you’ll find that the same feasts and fasts are part of the liturgical cycle.
A summary of the overtures submitted to the 2026 LCMS convention.
The May issue provides a preview of this summer’s LCMS convention.
The LCMS and its convention will not be exactly what any of us think they should be. But they will be what God gives us to be, together.
The resurrection undergirds all of the Christian faith.
We asked the five LCMS presidential candidates to answer six questions.
The church has given us manifold images that place beauty before us and encourage us in our faith.