A literary reflection by Rachel Bomberger on John Milton's Paradise Lost. This is one installment of a monthly series providing reflections on works of literature from a Lutheran perspective. Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit / Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste / Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, / With loss of Eden, till one greater Man / Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, / Sing Heav’nly Muse, … … What in me is dark / Illumine, what is low rai...| The Lutheran Witness
But as he realizes his mistake, the stolen gold quickly becomes nothing to him, and he sees the immense worth of tending to this little orphaned girl.| The Lutheran Witness
A literary reflection by Molly Lackey on Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. This is one installment of a monthly series providing reflections on works of literature from a Lutheran perspective. “One can argue over the merits of most books, and in arguing understand the point of view of one’s opponent. One may even come to the conclusion that possibly he is right after all. One does not argue about The Wind in the Willows. The young man gives it to the girl with whom he is in love,...| The Lutheran Witness
A literary reflection by Kate Deddens on George MacDonald's The Princess and the Goblin. This is one installment of a monthly series providing reflections on works of literature from a Lutheran perspective. “Let no one think himself too wise, and disdain … child’s play. When Christ wished to teach men, he became a man. If we are to teach children, we must become children. Would God we had more of this child’s play,”[1] wrote Martin Luther. Children should be taught in “a childlike...| The Lutheran Witness
A literary reflection by Liv Booth on Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter. This is one installment of a monthly series providing reflections on works of literature from a Lutheran perspective. “‘May God help me,’ said Erlend in a low voice. ‘I’ve been a foolish man.’” God hears the cry of the wanderer and rushes in. Kristin Lavransdatter, Sigrid Undset’s absorbing tale of sin and family, feels like a memory. Though we did not grow up on a manor farm in medieval Norway, the l...| The Lutheran Witness