Pastor's Corner: Remembering Reformation Day

Well, not yet. It’s Reformation Sunday for churches in the liturgical tradition this weekend, but the anniversary of Martin Luther’s posting of his 95 theses in Wittenberg is Oct. 31.

It’s been 502 years now.

That means the big 5-0-0 celebration centered in Wittenberg and spread around the world is itself fading into history and memory.

And my pastor/dad joke that Levi’s 501 Jeans ought to be solicited to sponsor an after-party is not only corny, but now outdated and corny.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not complaining. One of the things I enjoyed most about the commemoration of a...