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Engaging the world around us

While I normally read most of The Lutheran Witness each month, the January issue was especially revealing of the rich treasures with which our Lord has entrusted this church body. From the familiar voice of Rev. Mueller, my own district president, to the review of something I heard in person last year (when Dr. Newton

Lutheran Witness: March 2010

By the time you pick up this issue of The Lutheran
Witness, the story that has dominated the news for the
past two months, the terrible earthquake in Haiti, will
likely have begun to recede from the headlines. Yet…

Lent: A Message for a Post-Church Culture

by Rev. Timothy C. Cartwright I served a parish in the mountains of Colorado for eight years in the 1990s. While there, I volunteered in the local school district. The school superintendent and a principal, and numerous teachers, were congregation members. Each winter for five years, along with another community volunteer, I cared for a

Matters of the Heart

In the context of Ash Wednesday, we see that God’s treasure and heart…are in the same place.

Word of God, Speak!

Scripture makes it clear that when the communion of saints gathers, Jesus comes in all His fullness among us (Matt. 18:20). He is really present.

On Forgiveness

Forgiveness is a treasure God gives to His people to share with one another.

A joy to read and treasure

I truly enjoyed “Christmas Magic,” Rev. Raymond L. Hartwig’s article in the December Lutheran Witness. It brought back memories of my wonderful grade-school days in the 1950s at St. Paul’s Lutheran School. We had a devout Christian man named Edison F. Onken who taught all four of the lower grades. I remember those beautiful days

Christmas greetings

I’d like to respond to a recent Christmastime poll question on your Lutheran Witness Web site [www.lcms.org/witness]. The poll asked the following: “How do you reply when greeted by the words ‘Happy Holidays’? [Do you reply] ‘Merry Christmas’ or ‘Happy Holidays’?” Because there was no option for “Other,” I submit that Neither/Other would be a

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