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Mary Henrichs
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Lutheran Witness: November 2026
Rachel Bomberger
The November issue of 'The Lutheran Witness' is all about planting Lutheran churches, both at home and abroad.
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On ‘Wuthering Heights’: The destruction of love turned inward
Molly Lackey
Catherine and Heathcliff's pseudo-love is an obsession absolutely turned inward, a snake eating itself which, in its appetite, finds destruction.
On ‘My Ántonia’: Bodily Life as Fallen and Redeemed Creatures
Joel Kurz
My Ántonia invites the reader to look closely at one life, so closely that it becomes a window for looking at one’s own life, and ...
On ‘Paradise Lost’: What Temptation Looks Like
Rachel Bomberger
Adam and Eve may have been tempted by the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil; readers of Paradise Lost are ...
On ‘Silas Marner’: An Enduring Life
Joel Kurz
Seeing Silas through the lens of Jesus and the false accusations He bore up under is a fruitful endeavor.
On ‘The Wind in the Willows’: Enjoying the Creator’s Good Gifts
Molly Lackey
When we learn to pay close attention to created gifts, how much more joy will we find in attending to the gifts of Word and ...
On ‘The Princess and the Goblin’: Having Faith Like a Child
Kate Deddens
Without a doubt, there is nothing more essential to child's play than the imagination.
On ‘Kristin Lavransdatter’: The Wandering Redeemed
Liv Booth
Though undeniably a sinner, Erlend is actually a model Christian.
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