For Lutherans who have a high regard for the arts, I’ve found that Lucas Cranach is also usually held in high esteem. I noticed this at the ...

What's the greatest obstacle to change and renewal in the Church? Lutherans are a mixed bag these days, but most of the time I presume...

The following was written as a feature article for Lutheran Forum , an independent theological quarterly for clergy and laity, with contribu...

Today's question is: can a non-Christian make meaningful Christian art? David Mach:  Crucifixion , Edinburgh, 2011 David Mach, a n...

The Redemption (detail) - E. Riojas "See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Jud...

The 2014 WELS Conference for Worship, Music, and the Arts concluded last week on Friday. We're finally getting back into the daily gri...

Three years ago last week was my post about the Risen Savior Triptych and the results of the informal survey that sank it. I think it woul...

This series of posts discusses a book written by a professor at Carthage College, published by Concordia Publishing House, and used as a req...

This series of posts discusses a book written by a professor at Carthage College, published by Concordia Publishing House, and used as a ...

Anyone who has heard me talk about Modernism probably has heard me refer to it as the "twentieth century iconoclasm." At a pre...

At the suggestion of one of my friends from college, I decided to make a "cruncher" for liturgical art. My friend and her husband ...

"Ecce homo" by Elías García Martínez left; the damaged fresco, center; and the botched restoration by Cecilia Gímenez, right. ...

Okay. It isn't official yet, but I can safely say that the Risen Savior triptych will not happen. Last week there was a WELS district pa...