As I write this, I am anticipating my Wittenberg, Germany Seminar routine -- arriving in Berlin, traveling to Lutherstadt Wittenberg, being assigned a room, attending Worship on Sunday, and starting the classes. I can almost visualize that sequence of events even though it has yet to occur because I have experienced such seminars previously. Though, to be sure, none have offered the excitement of being held in the place where the Lutheran Reformation began almost 500 years ago.
The Wittenberg study also holds the prospect of surprises – who will join the group that gathers and what are their homelands, what different foods will be shared by the participants, what alternative Lutheran practices will be discussed, where will we go outside the city to discover more about the life of Luther, how has appreciation for Luther changed over the years, and how does it compare to the United States Lutherans?
Stay tuned!