If someone were to ask you, “Why are you a Christian,” what would you say? If someone were to ask you, “Why are you a Lutheran,” how...

Can we be honest with one another, and with ourselves? Lutherans haven't earned the nickname the "Frozen Chosen" for nothing. Lutherans...

One of the most amazing books to be published in the aftermath of the Second World War was a diary. Here is how the publisher describes...

Even in Siberia there is happiness. So declared Anton Chekov. I've been thinking about what Chekov said ever since I came across the...

I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord, apart from You I have no good thing.” I love this passage from Psalm 16. For some time now it has...

For the most part, I find Lutheran prayers to be lukewarm at best. I include many of my own in this category. For the most part, our...

I must have been twelve or thirteen years old when we traveled to Sioux City to do some shopping. At a strip mall on Hamilton Boulevard,...

I have loved to read since I was ten years old. My love for reading started with the Hardy Boys series. A few years later my passion...

Ecclesiastes is one of those short, hard to find, books in the Old Testament. Sadly, we rarely hear it in church; it's included only...

God's arm is not too short. I've been thinking about this sentence for the past 36 hours. Heidi S, our new church treasurer, includes...

Despite what the song says, don't let your conscience be your guide. We cannot trust our conscience. It is certainly not a fool-proof...

Sometimes we fall in love quickly. Such was the case for me more than thirty years ago. It happened on a car ride in the middle of...

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. This is the very first sentence of the Bible. In the beginning God created the...

I'm guessing that we all have something in common. Humans tend to be collectors. We collect all of sorts of things. What about you,...

I've been watching the Olympics morning, noon, and night. It helps that one channel is actually broadcasting the events 24/7. I usually...

"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." So wrote Henry David Thoreau almost 170 years ago. “The mass of men lead lives of...

O God, You are my God, earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You, my body longs for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no...

The Lutheran Church is a law & gospel church. It has been this way from the very beginning. Our namesake wrote: “Distinguishing between...

Do you have a devotional routine? Me? I have several. In the mornings I read through various Christian books, a few pages at a time....

I have a confession to make. I don’t find it easy to pray. I know that this is surprising, coming from a pastor. I share this with you...