By The Rev. Eric C. Shafer
Many of us know something about the Protestant Reformation, how, beginning in Germany with Martin Luther in 1517, various groups, “protesting” then policies and
By Eric C. Shafer
On a February Sunday several years ago I was traveling with a group of U.S. Lutherans in the West Bank, the area of biblical Palestine
A giant Christmas tree stood on the premises, wreaths adorned the facilities and large boxes were wrapped and tied with ribbons to look like gifts.
The elaborate decorations all seemed
