One great thing about our post-denominational age is that it has opened up opportunities to make common cause with other Lutherans who, despite their differences and eccentricities, can agree on some of the most important things.
Pride builds identities that leave no room for grace.
We can willingly admit the fact that we're just like tax collectors and thieves.

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The reasoning was always the same. The gods were angry. The gods were hungry. The gods required payment.
God wasn’t finished with Israel just yet. The wilderness wasn’t their home.
This is the third in a series meant to let the Christian tradition speak for itself, the way it has carried Christians through long winters, confusion, and joy for centuries.
Salvation is not merely to be put in “safety” but to be put into Christ.
His provision always flows downward, furnishing and filling us with his grace and truth right where we are.
The ethos of the church’s worship is found in poor, needy, and desperate sinners finding solace and relief in the God of their salvation.
The anticipation of Advent is supposed to build us up, not make us exhausted.
The unity of God’s people is grounded not in lineage nor land but in the promise of the coming Christ.
It is by his perfect surrender that our true Exodus was accomplished.
Nothing good happens when you get ahead of God and take matters into your own hands.
Can we then honor Mary without falling into error? I believe we can by focusing on four things Scripture does teach about her.
We need redemption, and we receive it in our church community through God’s Word.