Lutheranism can often seem pretty mundane. We don’t have the flashiness of the Eastern Orthodox or the publicity of the Catholics. We just trudge forward slowly, methodically, whether people realize we’re there or not, slogging through the craziness of this world. The dirty little secret, though, is that mundane is actually quite good. Take the Divine Service. It’s always the same: Forgiveness of sins. Scripture. … Continue reading dirty little secret

The quality of mercy is not strain’d. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. – Portia from The Merchant of Venice The church’s theology of mercy does not exist in a vacuum. Mercy stems from and finds its fulfillment in Christ. Because Christ is a man, because … Continue reading Jesus, Master!