O Antiphons: O Adonai

O Adonai and ruler of the house of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the burning bush and gave him the Law on Sinai: Come with an outstretched arm and redeem us. May we always call on God to guide, protect, and discipline us with His Law, and may we remember that our Lawgiver also …

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O Antiphons: O Sapientia

My family never did much for the time of Advent. In all honesty, I wasn’t really sure what it was until I met my much more Lutheran husband! But over the years, we’ve both tried to include more traditional and liturgical elements in our daily life. This year, I decided I wanted to create a …

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Poetry: Keble – All Saints’ Day

A friend introduced me to this collection of poems by Rev. Keble a while back, and I thought his reflection on All Saints' Day would be fitting to share with you. Why blow’st thou not, thou wintry wind,      Now every leaf is brown and sere,   And idly droops, to thee resigned,      The fading chaplet of the …

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Review: Embracing Your Lutheran Identity

If you want to know more about the history of Christianity, the truth of the Reformation (as reform, not rebellion) with the events unfolding from it, and how important sound doctrine is, as well as holding fast to that confession despite cultural changes and strong dissenters, then this is the book for you.

Review: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

While the book may appear at first to be an old-fashioned quest wrapped up in a time-traveling historical fiction novel, A Connecticut Yankee somehow manages to be more than that.