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By Frederick J. Schumacher

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By John A. Lang

As I See It: Clothed in Righteousness

By Frank C. Senn

On the Way: Called on Film

By Benjamin Dueholm

Book Review: Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner and Saint

By Gordon J. Straw

Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Season of Advent

By Maxwell E. Johnson

“Eternity,” You Thunder Word

By Frank C. Senn

Homily at Bach Vespers: Breathing Together Again

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Categories:

  • A Discussion of Liturgical Norms
  • body
  • Breath
  • Called to Common Mission
  • Churchwide Assembly 2007
  • Communion and Community
  • Confessional Renewal Movements
  • Covid-19
  • Dealing with the Devil
  • Death and Dying
  • Ecumenism
  • Ecumenism and Full Communion
  • Environmental Theology
  • Faithful Parenting
  • Festival of the Resurrection
  • Food and Justice
  • Grace in the City
  • Growing Leaders
  • Hell
  • Hispanic Latino Theology and Ministry
  • Hispanic Latino Theology and Ministry II
  • Honoring the Body
  • Human Sexuality and the ELCA
  • Human Sexuality in the ELCA: Locating the Struggle
  • Human Sexuality in the ELCA: Perspectives on the Struggle
  • Invitatory
  • Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
  • Justice
  • Keeping the Sabbath
  • Leadership and Direction in the ELCA
  • Lets Talk 2020
  • Liturgy
  • Ministerial Formation
  • Ministries of Word and Service
  • Ministries of Word and Service II
  • Moral Theology
  • Multicultural Church
  • Multiculturalism and Worship
  • Other Ways to Do and Be the Church
  • Passion of Christ
  • Preaching Advent
  • racism
  • Reclaiming Lament
  • Reflecting Faith in Worship: The Use of the Means of Grace
  • Reflections on the 2000 Synod Assembly
  • Reformation Jubilee 500
    • Appreciating Luther
    • Commemorative Projects
    • Indulgences
  • Religion and the Arts
  • resurrection
  • Seminarian Essay Contest
  • Should We Evangelize
  • Spirituality
  • The Call to Fidelity
  • The Catechumenate
  • The Church and Salvation
  • The Church's Mission in Financial Recession
  • The Legacy of Joseph Sittler
  • The Vocation of the Laity
  • Theological Education
  • Turning Around
  • Vision and Mission
  • Welcoming
  • Wellness
  • What is the Tie That Binds?
  • Where Do We God From Here?
  • Whither Lutheranism
  • Women in the Church
  • Worship and Culture
  • Worship and Evangelism

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  • Benjamin Dueholm (33)
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  • Beverly L. Conway (1)
  • Bob Cross (1)
  • Bret L. Reedy (1)
  • Brian Halverson (2)
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  • Editorial Council (14)
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Monthly:

  • August 2022
  • October 2021
  • January 2021
  • July 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • December 2017
  • October 2017
  • June 2017
  • February 2017
  • November 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • March 2016
  • November 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • November 2014
  • August 2014
  • May 2014
  • January 2014

Recent Posts:

  • So What’s the Lutheran Brand?
  • Concerning a Proposed Restructuring of the ELCA
  • Homily at Bach Vespers: Breathing Together Again
  • Observing Ash Wednesday 2021
  • Sermon on Embodied Racism
  • As I See It: Public Health and Public Worship During COVID-19
  • Is Fasting from the Reception of Holy Communion the Same as Fasting from the Eucharistic Liturgy? A Lutheran Liturgical-Sacramental Reflection on Eucharistic Praxis during COVID-19
  • Jesus Known in the Breaking of the Bread
  • Communion at Home
  • Jessie: A Palm Sunday Parable in the Midst of the Pandemic of 2020
  • Forsaken
  • Why Virtual Communion Is Not Nearly Radical Enough
  • “Eternity,” You Thunder Word
  • Farewell Sermon: Home Rejoicing
  • Self-Care: Being Present to God and to our Bodily Selves
  • Holy Living
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Season of Advent
  • Historic Medallion Commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation
  • An Appreciation of Luther’s Critique of the Eucharistic Sacrifice
  • Indulge Me: Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553)
  • Indulge Me: The Heidelberg Theses and the Theology of the Cross
  • My Appreciation of Martin Luther’s Sacramentality and His Attention to the Human Body
  • Indulgence: Johannes Bugenhagen Pomeranus, Reformer of the Church
  • Music Events at Grace for Reformation 500
  • Evanston Reformation 500 and Beyond: The Proof is the Beyond….A Joint Reflection
  • Unity and Reconciliation Challenges Chronic Homelessness in Lake County
  • Indulge Me: The Book of Common Prayer
  • Indulge Me: King Johan III
  • Indulge Me: Johann Reuchlin (1455-1522), Christian Humanist and Hebrew Scholar
  • Indulge Me: About the Lollards
  • An Appreciation of Luther’s Pastoral Writings
  • “Are you ignorant of what it means to be ignorant?”: Luther’s Insults
  • More Than Just Table Talk
  • Why Did Luther Demonize His Theological Opponents?
  • Martin Luther, The Peasants’ War, And Anti-semitism: A Quincentennial Rumination
  • An Excerpt from Peace at the Last: Visitation with the Dying
  • Review of Dale C. Allison’s Night Comes: Death, Imagination, and the Last Things
  • Review of Thomas W. Laqueur’s The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains
  • Minister in the Morgue: A Reflection on the Caring for the Bodies of the Dead
  • Green Burial and Spiritual Communities: One Earth, One Movement
  • Where Does the Stepfamily Sit? Pastoral Dimensions of Funeral Seating Arrangements
  • Identity in Place: A Matter of Life and Death
  • As I See It: Born, Dying, Dead, Buried, and Resurrected
  • On the Way: The Last Enemy to be Destroyed
  • All Are Welcome… But Are All Invited?
  • Survey: Is My Church Welcoming?
  • Hospitality as Welcoming Others, Welcoming Mystery
  • Welcoming Transgender People in Congregations
  • As I See It: Everyone Is Welcome to Worship…Except Children
  • As I See It: The Persistence of Evil
  • On the Way: Poverty-Stricken Power
  • Book Review: Reviving Old Scratch: Demons and the Devil for Doubters and the Disenchanted
  • Preaching the Gospel to a Haunted World
  • The Ministry of Exorcism
  • “I command you, you unclean spirit, depart”: The Role of Exorcism in Lutheran Initiation Rites
  • “On the Way…” Vision for Ecumenism
  • Why the ELCA Should Uphold Traditional Christian Sexual Ethics
  • Standing Between God and the World: Reclaiming the Priesthood
  • The Laity, Vocation, and the Church: A View From the Pew
  • The Vocation of the Baptized and Good Works
  • The Path to Lambaréné
  • Jazz and Our Calling
  • On the Way: Vision for Ecumenism
  • Lament in the Ministry: Public, Pastoral, Personal
  • A Personal Journey Into Lament
  • Book Review: Spirituality of the Psalms
  • How to Argue with God: An Example Based on the Law-Court Pattern of Prayer
  • Lament and Nostalgia
  • 8.2 Reader’s Response
  • As I See It: Judaism and the Land of Israel
  • “A DramaticMixture of Brokenness and Grace”
  • A “Yes” in Kansas City
  • A Conservative Case for Recognition of Gay Relationships in the Church
  • Reflections on Experiencing Leadership of Gay Clergy
  • Recognizing God’s Blessings: Holy Unions and the Ordination of Women and Men in Same-Sex Relationships
  • Latino Lutheran Ministries – An Exchange
  • Bibliography of Major Works on Sexuality and the Church
  • AS I SEE IT: REASONS TO AVOID SCHISM
  • WHY LUTHERANS CAN’T TALK ABOUT SEXUALITY
  • Thinking about Sexuality in the ELCA
  • Reflections on the LSTC Leadership Conference: A More Excellent Way
  • In Praise of Languages
  • Liturgy in the Service of Evangelism
  • The Allure of Catholicity: Latino Lutheran Ministries in the Crosshairs
  • “With the Greatest Reverence”: Lutheran and Roman Catholic Worship
  • As I See It: The Need to Observe the Rubrics
  • Are There Norms for Lutheran Worship?
  • A Standing Invitation…
  • Fundamentalism’s Common Shapes
  • Doing justice in the face of evil: Reflections after the World Trade Center
  • After September 11
  • As I see It: Doing Justice or Moral Formation?
  • To Lead a Godly Life
  • Justice: Ancient Vision and Modern Practice
  • Public Policy and the Pulpit: Falling Through the Cracks to Making Justice
  • Making Christ Known: Promise for a New Day
  • What Drives Your Church?
  • As I See It: What I Expect of Our New Presiding Bishop
  • Stanley Hauerwas: Celebrity, Theologian, and Reviver
  • Success and the Cross: A Response to “The Perils of Success”

Recent Articles

Homily at Bach Vespers: Breathing Together Again

Observing Ash Wednesday 2021

Sermon on Embodied Racism

As I See It: Public Health and Public Worship During COVID-19

Is Fasting from the Reception of Holy Communion the Same as Fasting from the Eucharistic Liturgy? A Lutheran Liturgical-Sacramental Reflection on Eucharistic Praxis during COVID-19

Jesus Known in the Breaking of the Bread

Communion at Home

Jessie: A Palm Sunday Parable in the Midst of the Pandemic of 2020

Forsaken

Why Virtual Communion Is Not Nearly Radical Enough

23.1 Advent 2019

the Brown Virgin (La Morenita)

“Eternity,” You Thunder Word

By Frank C. Senn

Farewell Sermon: Home Rejoicing

By Benjamin Dueholm

Self-Care: Being Present to God and to our Bodily Selves

By Frank C. Senn

Holy Living

By Richard O. Johnson

Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Season of Advent

By Maxwell E. Johnson

Recent articles

Homily at Bach Vespers: Breathing Together Again

October 8, 2021 By Frank C. Senn

Observing Ash Wednesday 2021

January 20, 2021 By Matthew Riegel

Sermon on Embodied Racism

July 21, 2020 By Frank C. Senn

As I See It: Public Health and Public Worship During COVID-19

May 14, 2020 By Frank C. Senn

Is Fasting from the Reception of Holy Communion the Same as Fasting from the Eucharistic Liturgy? A Lutheran Liturgical-Sacramental Reflection on Eucharistic Praxis during COVID-19

May 12, 2020 By Maxwell E. Johnson

23.1 Advent 2019

the Brown Virgin (La Morenita)

Let’s Talk 2020

Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Season of Advent

By Maxwell E. Johnson

Holy Living

By Richard O. Johnson

Self-Care: Being Present to God and to our Bodily Selves

By Frank C. Senn

Farewell Sermon: Home Rejoicing

By Benjamin Dueholm

“Eternity,” You Thunder Word

By Frank C. Senn