Toasts and Liturgies
An intriguing feature of the gathering of friends for a formal meal in Ukraine is the series of toasts offered as the meal progresses. One… Read More »Toasts and Liturgies
An intriguing feature of the gathering of friends for a formal meal in Ukraine is the series of toasts offered as the meal progresses. One… Read More »Toasts and Liturgies
A memorial to World War II’s murdered Jews is part of the Pinkas Synagogue in Prague. Hauntingly, the names of 78,000 victims of the Holocaust… Read More »Do You Know What This Is?
At the memorial service for the father of a member of Seoul Lutheran Church a dozen men represented the congregation to extend sympathy. The funeral… Read More »Korean Funeral
Picture a wedding party gathered on a busy street in Rajahmundry, India. Four men held poles which suspended a canopy above a young bride and… Read More »Wedding in Rajahmundry
Our Peruvian brothers and sisters have the same Communion practice found in our confessional Lutheran congregations, often called Close Communion. That expresses an emphasis on… Read More »“Communio Intimo”
In Naju-city, South Korea, a shopkeeper-craftsman made frames for his brother’s art in a workshop cluttered with easels stretching painted canvasses. The brother-artist produced traditional… Read More »Jesus Only
OK, this is a little creepy. The catacombs at the San Francisco de Asis Convent in Lima, Peru form an underground cemetery beneath the historic… Read More »All Because of Easter
This World Mission Souvenir is a five-inch statuette of the Virgin Mary, purchased at a second-hand shop in Lima, Peru. Its original home and how… Read More »The Virgin Mary
Standing outside a cement block church in a small village in rural India, I was joined by a member of the congregation who was assigned,… Read More »Any Angels Around Here?
The Tosho-gu Shrine in Nikko, Japan, is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The shrine is home to the mausoleum for a ruler of the Tokugawa… Read More »Live at Peace