Entries by Amanda Petersen

Christian Education is Founded on the Bedrock

Garrison Keillor, the well-known author and humorist, finds a great deal of his material in the Lutheran Church. He pokes fun at many of the stereotypes that have characterized Lutherans in the Midwest for quite a long time. But there’s one particular comment I heard that makes me chuckle and at the same time it made me proud to be a Lutheran.

Two Sons of God

Once upon a time, there was a very loving, very rich Father who had a son. The boy was the apple of his Father’s eye, his crowning achievement.

Skirmishes

As we consider the life of faith as a battle, daily temptations are what I will call skirmishes…

Just One Voice

There’s this scene I like in the movie called “The Hurt Locker” where a man returns from active military duty and goes shopping with his wife in a grocery store.