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April 19, 2024
On ‘Anna Karenina’: A prescient critique of sexual disorder
Although he wrote long before the Sexual Revolution, Tolstoy anticipates the tragic effects of such an ethic on human life.
April 5, 2024
Beyond Purity: Helping Young People Understand God’s Gift of Sexuality
Emphasizing “chastity” with our kids gives them a lifestyle to strive for rather than a single act to avoid.
April 4, 2024
Starting the conversation: April ‘Lutheran Witness’
The April issue of The Lutheran Witness takes up the topic of chaste community.
April 1, 2024
Lutheran Witness: April 2024
The April issue of The Lutheran Witness explores the Bible’s teaching on God’s design for sexuality and gender.
February 16, 2024
On “A Time to Keep” by Tasha Tudor
Family traditions show our children that our seemingly mundane and fleeting lives can be a reflection of the eternal life we are meant for.
December 18, 2023
Raising Our Children in the Faith
God has trusted these little souls to our care for their time here on earth.
December 11, 2023
Against the Headwinds: Navigating childcare in an anti-family society
What in our lives could be rearranged, even given up, for the sake of our children and their being nurtured in Christian faith and love?
December 4, 2023
Fatherhood in God’s Image
The Fatherhood of God should shape, form and order the fatherhood of man.
December 4, 2023
December ‘Witness’: The gift of children
The December issue of The Lutheran Witness considers how children bless us and how we might bless them.
December 1, 2023
‘Blessed Is the Fruit of Your Womb!’
Christ’s birth provides a beautiful archetype of life in our culture of death.
December 1, 2023
The Blessing of Children
Every child is a blessing, even if that blessing is an opportunity for parents to learn self-sacrifice — and even if that blessing is, in the eyes of the world, one too many.
December 1, 2023
Lutheran Witness: December 2023
The December issue of The Lutheran Witness reflects on “The Blessing of Children.”
November 14, 2023
The Misguided Individualism of the “Self-Care” Movement
Rest is necessary. But as Christians, we see other people as central to our vocation, rather than obstacles to our happiness.
November 2, 2023
District presidents hold first meeting of triennium
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Council of Presidents met in St. Louis Sept. 16–19.
October 18, 2023
Why (and How) to Read Your Kids Disturbing Bible Stories
Our children need to know about ugly realities like sin, death and the devil in order to understand the faith.