The word “hackneyed” only begins to approach our habit of yoking John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (or better, his The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy) to Lent. Both, some have remarked, represent a journey. His Middle Earth (and here the absent middle is Middle English itself) mirrors our
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Radiant Scars By Stephen Seamands The marks of death that God chose never to erase, The wounds of love’s eternal mark, When the kingdom comes, with its perfect sons, He will be known by the scars. –Michael Card As its cover story, the March 27, 2000, issue of Newsweek featured
Following are updates shared from submissions of the Lutheran Office for World Community and state public policy offices (sppos) in the ELCA Advocacy Network last month. Full list and map of sppos available. U.N. | ARIZONA | CALIFORNIA | MINNESOTA | OHIO | PENNSYLVANIA | WASHINGTON | WISCONSIN New York Lutheran
March 25-31 is HOLY WEEK. Each day this week we will add an additional passage from the New Testament that walks us through what happened the week before Jesus was crucified. Today’s Reading: Read Ruth 3-4- Ruth and Boaz Read Luke 23:50-56– A Family Redeemer Taking care of a family
8 Reasons The Church is a Light in a Troubled World Cultivating hope, expressing encouragement, and maintaining an authentically positive spirit are vital to your leadership. People need to sense your optimism as a leader. But that’s not always easy, is it? 10 Church Poisons That Will Kill Any Church
The novel The Damnation of Theron Ware, published in 1896, unspools the tale of a young Methodist minister who, thanks to Catholics, science, bohemianism, and good old American pragmatism, loses his faith. Yes, Reverend Theron Ware was vulnerable, no doubt. His pride, limited intellectual, spiritual and social background as well
The following first appeared in Public Square Magazine. The last time I wrote about Israel and Gaza was October 11, 2023. It was just a few days after Hamas’ brutal and barbaric attack on partiers at a peace festival and kibbutzim housing mostly leftist Israelis working for the welfare of Gazans. Over