Short stories and small comforts – Video
Eric Krewson of the Chairman Dances plays songs from his band’s new album and shares the inspiration behind them in an exclusive interview with Living Lutheran.
Eric Krewson of the Chairman Dances plays songs from his band’s new album and shares the inspiration behind them in an exclusive interview with Living Lutheran.
Eric Krewson started his band the Chairman Dances just after completing a musicology program in 2010. Around the same time, he was experiencing what he calls a spiritual reawakening, and…
Kendall Vanderslice is a professional baker, the founder of the educational nonprofit the Edible Theology Project and a 2018 James Beard Foundation national scholar. Her new book By Bread Alone:…
When Mark Ellingsen came across both neurobiological research on how racism may be rooted in brain dynamics and evolutionary theory on the importance of cooperation in advancing the human species,…
This review contains spoilers. So many conflicts in modern Christendom and the world at large revolve around the human body and our conduct toward it that one might reasonably look…
Ant-Man doesn’t sweat the small stuff. Even when he’s trapped in a prison cell in the mysterious other world known as the Quantum Realm, staring down his purple-and-green-suited captor, Kang…
In her new book Walking the Way of Harriet Tubman: Public Mystic & Freedom Fighter (Broadleaf Books, 2023), Therese Taylor-Stinson examines an aspect of the iconic Underground Railroad leader that’s…
When Ellie Roscher was 13 years old, she dreamed of becoming a gymnastics star. The night before a big meet, a tumbling accident sent her to the emergency room, a…
(There are some spoilers for the film The Banshees of Inisherin ahead.) Colm Doherty cares about important things. A lifelong resident of the fictional Irish island Inisherin, Colm has spent his…
Throughout her time as ELCA director for gender justice and women’s empowerment, Mary J. Streufert has heard from many people hungry for expansive, inclusive language and images of God. She…
The Wit of Martin Luther You’ve sung his hymns and read the Small Catechism, but delving into Martin Luther’s sense of humor may be a new idea. The Wit of…
Sonja Hagander has led interreligious programs in a variety of settings around the world, including educational travel experiences for professors, clergy and laity. She is also active in local and…
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