The Lutheran Review

Where I Live

By Sarah D.

In 1989, my father moved our family down to Collinsville, Il from Marshfield, WI.  Unlike my three older brothers, I learned to drive without the fear of snow.  I am a scaredy-cat snow driver.  I am that car who is driving 20 miles under the speed limit when it is snowing. 

In 2002, my husband and I moved to Collinsville where we bought our first home.  We still live in that first home, even though we had every intention of only living in our first home a couple years.  The next year, my parents moved across the river to the big city.  I smell something fishy, and I am not just talking about the river.  I move to the same city as my parents, and they move away?  Hmmm.  Good thing I did not take offense to it. 

Review Here: The City Of Collinsville

The city's website has been upgraded and looks nice.  They even have a blog and a video archive of the City Council meetings. 

Please take a little extra time to say hello to my dad!

A Thank You Note, Kind Of .

By Sarah D.

I have changed the tagline of our blog.  It used to say something like "news, reflections, and Internet finds".  Now, I have come to terms that really this is blog kept by my pops and me.  Truth be told, my dad has been much better about making sure there was some content up the past couple months. 

At first, I think we had a pretty lofty goal of a devo-type post daily and something by me as well, which would have been two postings a day.  Ah, but life happens and we got into a more comfortable posting schedule.

Pretty sure we have lost a few readers when they realized we did not fit the mold of a certain type of blogger.

Ah, but that is life.  Sometimes we disappoint, but sometimes we please. 

Thank you to the readers who have stuck around and I am looking forward to keeping this blog going for the forseeable future. 

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I used to keep a personal blog, but no longer.  There is something to be said about too many blog makes a person weary. 

"When Feminists Become Mothers"

From the blog, Oz Conservative, a wonderful thorough expose on the change motherhood can do a feminist mindset. 

View Here: When Feminists Become Mothers

Global Lutherans, Climate Change, and the Big Picture

When I first started this website, one of my goals was to take a review-like approach to any person or organization that claims the Lutheran name.  I am not here to judge or condemn, but to simple learn more about how the word Lutheran is used throughout the world. With that in mind, I found an article from Ekklesia regarding a meeting held in July regarding Lutherans and how to help in the climate crisis. 

View: Lutherans ponder the Christian contribution to a green future.