Writer’s Block, however, entertains no such fantasies. It goes straight for my ego’s jugular and pounds home the fact that I’m not good enough.

Today’s world has replaced Anfechtung with an entirely new sort of despair.

Our crucified Lord makes it clear that the widow’s worthless giving was far greater than a million dollars because she gave all she had.

Some lie and tell us that to sin is to be ourselves. But it is not. Sin is not natural to humanity.

A friend of mine recently expressed to me his rather unique thoughts on Narcissus.

Christ rose from the grave so that the eternal Light of Christ would be your forever identity.

On episode FOURTEEN of Let the Bird Fly! we welcome Dr. Mark Braun back to discuss Lutheranism in America, and especially the split between the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (and, as Professor Teigen would point out, the split also involved the Evangelical Lutheran Synod).

He finds the woman and the man in the Garden and fought back for the identity of His people.

We want people to notice us, know us, like us, or even hate us. Just please don’t ignore us. Social media is the ego’s dream come true.

She’s clad only in a white, wet, silk blouse, as if just caught in a downpour. Her back is slightly turned toward the camera, the curves of hip and breast beckoning the onlooker.

Recently at the Golden Globes, Jim Carrey took to the stage to present the award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. Though his short, humorous speech got a lot of people laughing, I don't doubt that the poignancy of his words also got a lot of people thinking.

Over the course of her career, Madonna has demonstrated an incredible commitment to reinvention, keeping herself relevant under the critical eye that accompanies the culture of constant change in the world of music and art.