A literary reflection by Joel Kurz on Willa Cather’s My Ántonia. This is one installment of a monthly series providing reflections on works of literature from a Lutheran perspective. “The body characterizes everything it touches. What it makes it traces … Read More
In this series, Benjamin Kolodziej reflects on several figures in American Lutheran sacred music history. This series is based on his new book Portraits in American Lutheran Sacred Music, 1847–1947, which is available now from Concordia Publishing House. Does it … Read More
By Samuel Eatherton There once was a Lutheran school in a town with a lot of Lutherans living in it. The school was part of the Lutheran church it was connected to and was started when the church was formed … Read More
Editor’s note: Monthly articles from LCMS Stewardship Ministry are hosted here on The Lutheran Witness site. Visit the “Ministry Features” page each month for additional stewardship content. The Book of Romans is a fascinating work. The Holy Spirit used St. Paul to record … Read More
In this series, Benjamin Kolodziej reflects on several figures in American Lutheran sacred music history. This series is based on his new book Portraits in American Lutheran Sacred Music, 1847–1947, which is available now from Concordia Publishing House. Theodore Stelzer, … Read More
By Robert W. Paul and Heather Smith LCMS schools represent the largest non-Catholic, single denomination school system in the United States. Generations of teachers and students have received Lutheran educations and, through the Synod’s college and university system, been trained … Read More
This is the latest installment of “Life in the Church Year,” a series by Dr. Kristen Einertson and Tessa Muench of All the Household. This series will provide guidance for living out the seasons of the Church Year at home … Read More
by Matthew C. Harrison There is a near universal human conviction that somehow something of human consciousness lives beyond death, whether a continuation of the human person absent a body, or absorption of the individual consciousness into some “stream of … Read More
The September issue provides a Lutheran view of the theology of the body. From the President: Our Bodies: Created Good, Redeemed for Eternity Life in the Church Year: Holy Cross Day & St. Michael and All Angels: Home Altars and … Read More
By John W. Kleinig I am fascinated by the slogans that people wear on their sweatshirts. They tell us a lot about them and their convictions. There are two that caught my eye at an airport some years ago. The … Read More
