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October 2026

October 02, 2026

Aslan with the Female Voice

"The Magician's Nephew" movie from Netflix will be released in February. But controversy has broken...

August 2026

August 04, 2026

An Odyssey without the Good Parts

Now that I have seen Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, I am greatly disappointed. Not so much...

April 2026

April 30, 2026

Lutheran Artist (& Cranach Reader) Wins National Honor

[free post] Saddlemaker and leather artist Cary Schwarz--a longtime member of the Cranach blog community--has...

February 2026

February 18, 2026

“You Are Dust, and to Dust You Shall Return”

In the service of the imposition of ashes, as the pastor marks my forehead, he...

December 2025

December 25, 2025

Joy to the World! The Lord Is Come!

This is the Christmas card we sent to friends and family, so I also send...

December 16, 2025

What Changes in Pop Music Tell About Us

A study of pop music from 1973 to 2023 shows that, as time goes by,...

December 15, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 12/15/25

The end of the metaverse. The font wars. And science shoots down medical marijuana claims.

November 2025

November 18, 2025

“I Don’t Think Hank Done It This Way”

The #1 country song in America turns out to be AI-generated. What this tells us...

August 2025

August 14, 2025

Christianity’s Improved Social Status

"As the decline in religious attendance has slowed, the past few years have also seen...

April 2025

April 11, 2025

The Common Order of Christian Love

Luther's doctrine of the estates is an important facet--in addition to the Two Kingdoms and...

February 2025

February 27, 2025

Is the Mind a Mirror or a Lamp?

Is the mind a mirror, reflecting the objective world, or a lamp, shining our inner...

November 2024

November 25, 2024

Monday Miscellany, 11/25/22

Americans join the immigrant wave flooding Europe. Election officials boast about disobeying election law. And...

November 20, 2024

Finding the Holy Grail

The quest to find the Holy Grail, the cup that Christ used in His last...

October 2024

October 04, 2024

Why Do So Many Artists Become Radicals?

The contemporary art world is once again in thrall to political radicalism. Artist Megan Gafford...

September 2024

September 23, 2024

Monday Miscellany, 9/23/24

"We're going to have supervision"; snowflakes in the workplace; and church buildings going traditional.

September 13, 2024

Nostalgia Fixation and the End of Progressivism

Have you noticed how many movies today are remakes of --almost always better--movies made years...

August 2024

August 01, 2024

“The Last Supper on the Stage on the Seine”

Christians around the world have been offended by the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics,...

July 2024

July 18, 2024

Second Thoughts on the Acting Vocation

John Corbett found fame and fortune in his successful 30-year-old career as an actor. But...

May 2024

May 01, 2024

Tolkien on Vocation

J. R. R. Tolkien's short story "Leaf by Niggle" is a profound meditation on vocation....

April 2024

April 02, 2024

Easter Leftovers

It is still Easter, and the season will last for 50 days. Here are some...

March 2024

March 14, 2024

Can Artificial Intelligence Make Sacred Art?

Now that freely-available Artificial Intelligence programs can generate images, we are seeing them everywhere. But...

December 2023

December 27, 2023

The Lutheran Connection to Advent Calendars

Advent Calendars as we know them go back to the 1920s when Gerhard Lang published...

December 26, 2023

The Anniversary of Nativity Scenes

The Nativity Scene was invented in 1223--800 years ago--by St. Francis of Assisi. Sort of. ...

October 2023

October 02, 2023

The People Have Spoken!

In the great picture election, we have a winner. And this election was not polarized...

August 2023

August 02, 2023

Attendance is Down in Churches, But Up at Christian Movies

As Hollywood flounders, faith-based films are flourishing. Now some big studios and big directors are...

June 2023

June 16, 2023

When a Culture Reaches the Stage of “Decadence”

The word "decadence" is a metaphor that derives from "decay," when something that was once...

May 2023

May 26, 2023

Transgressive Art in the Vacuum of Western Culture

For some time, many artists and writers, having given up on the concept of "beauty"...

April 2023

April 09, 2023

He is Risen, Indeed!

Easter greetings from the real Cranach and from the Cranach blog! Alleluia!

April 07, 2023

From Crucifixion to Resurrection

Matthias Grünewald's depiction of Christ crucified as deader than dead, followed by his depiction of...

March 2023

March 30, 2023

The Author’s Intention

Textual editors are scholars who restore literary works by recovering the author's intentions. That involves...