The Latest Articles
The online musings from pastors, theologians and laity that will help you see the world from a Lutheran perspective.
On ‘My Ántonia’: Bodily Life as Fallen and Redeemed Creatures
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 every human life.
Joel Kurz
September 19, 2025
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Review: Barbie — The Fruitless Search for Perfection
Sarah Reinsel
Writ large, the Barbie conundrum is really a human conundrum. We long for something ideal and perfect and good, but ...
Stewardship Lessons from a Mission Trip
Nathan Meador
Mission trips can be a great and lasting tool for teaching and forming stewards.
Reclaiming the Marriage Bed
David Petersen
God has created the marriage bed for procreation and to create intimacy and affection between husband and wife.
Enter Your Congregation for the New LW Column
Roy S. Askins
Here is your opportunity to get your congregation featured in the pages of The Lutheran Witness column, Walking Together.
Behold Your Dead Hero
Matthew Richard
Consider a moment how Americans make everything “super.” Nothing can be just ordinary in America — everything must be super.
Water and Redemption in ‘The Mandalorian’
Daniel Brammeier
Christians would do well to understand the differences between the Force religion of Star Wars and the reality of God.








