On ‘Frankenstein’: Alienation and the Creature’s Need for Belonging
‘Frankenstein’ is a tragic picture of what happens when we don’t live according to our design for communion with our Creator and fellow creatures.
Community
On ‘That Hideous Strength’: Christian Community, the Gate to All Good Adventure
Lewis’s novel shows us how Christ Himself is present in Christian community.
Lutheran Witness: June/July 2024
The June/July Lutheran Witness explores the book of Acts.
On ‘Anna Karenina’: A prescient critique of sexual disorder
Although he wrote long before the Sexual Revolution, Tolstoy anticipates the tragic effects of such an ethic on human life.
Liturgy Brings Order to Our Disorder
Liturgy roots Christians in God’s Word, equipping them for life, witness and vocation.
Cohabitation Hurts More Than a Couple
Cohabitation harms not just the couple’s conscience but the broader Christian community.
On ‘Brideshead Revisited’: A Hopeful Community
Brideshead Revisited paints a picture of the church as a hopeful community for those who have lost hope in everything else.
Wanted: The Perfect Family
Christians are not immune to the pain of broken families.
Quiet Despair and Its Remedies
If you find yourself in “quiet despair” about the state of the church, consider these five things.
Lutheran Witness: March 2024
The March issue takes up the topic of “A Hopeful Community.”
A Hopeful Community
We do not despair. The church of God is a community buoyed by hope, confident in God.
The Failure of Digital Community
From liquid modernity to incarnate community By Josh Pauling In the year 2000, the Polish sociologist Zygmunt Bauman coined the term “liquid modernity” to describe the modern condition. In using this apt descriptor, Bauman was encapsulating many aspects of life in the contemporary West, where stable sources of meaning and traditional human categories are being