There’s an old Latin saying: Non multa sed multum (“not many things, but much”). It’s not so important that a pastor has read a thousand books, but that he’s deeply familiar with the greatest and best.
A deeper response to AI requires us to reflect on what it means to be human and on how the reality of the body and incarnational theology affect the way we do ministry.
The rise and widespread presence of companion chatbots reveals something important about our current moment: Many individuals long to belong, to be heard, and to experience friendship and companionship. Yet they are struggling to find these things.
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
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.
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.
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.