My goal on this blog is simple: to offer semi-intelligent, heart-felt reflections on Christian ministry, faith, and life, as it happens.
Martin Luther once said that he banishes the Devil by breaking wind. “I resist the Devil, and often it is with a fart that I chase him away.”* The work of casting out demons is both deeply spiritual and incredibly quotidian.
Hence my Lutheran Zephyr is a light Lutheran wind; or, a way to banish the devil.
The Posts
- Four Big Things in Chile Right NowCurrently there are two major, nearly simultaneous political events occurring in Chile – the writing of a new constitution (to replace the 1980 constitution imposed by the dictatorship) and anContinue reading “Four Big Things in Chile Right Now”
- Praying with Nehemiah 9In Nehemiah 9 God’s people acknowledge that their current suffering is, in part, a consequence of the sin of those who came before them.
- Determining to Deny CommunionMaybe the church should withhold communion from the whole body, rather than from token individuals, when division rears its head.
- Praying in Church on Memorial Day WeekendThere is no need to turn church into a patriotic rally on Memorial Day weekend. But the church certainly should acknowledge the occasion.
- Two Gods of the Bible? Malarkey!Is there a wrathful “God of the Old Testament” and a loving “God of the New Testament”?
The Passions

Separation of church and state, the life of the church, justice, Latin America, baseball, and running are among the passions I’ve written about here.
The Poster

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* This is a legitimate quote! It can be found in Martin Luther’s Table Talk, No. 122: Treatment of Melancholy, Despair, etc. November 30, 1531, in Luther’s Works vol 54, page 15.