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I try to believe that grace is a fundamental teaching of the Lutheran faith. I have trouble with that at times. Any ideas?

Have you ever been flicked?

Both before and after Charlottesville, I’ve been seeing all sorts of calls to respond to palpable hate with love.

I have a new Jøtul F 118 Black Bear Stove.

Dear all,

My girl made her Confirmation this last Sunday, which also was Reformation Sunday, which wasn’t any ordinary Reformation Sunday, but was, rather, the 500th Anniverary of the first (unintentional) Reformation Day, a day which actually falls on today, the day before All Saints’ Day.

If you know nothing else about Martin Luther, you know that he didn’t like indulgences.

So tomorrow, on Ash Wednesday, many–not all, but many–people in the Christian Church mark the beginning of Lent.