{"id":38364,"date":"2017-10-04T06:49:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T11:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=38364"},"modified":"2017-10-04T17:22:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T22:22:21","slug":"38364","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/38364\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Luther on Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Note: Throughout the month of October, leading up to the 500<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the legendary date of the outbreak of the Reformation on October 31, 1517,\u00a0<\/em>Pray Tell<em>\u00a0will publish writings of Martin Luther reflecting his beliefs on liturgy and sacraments at various points in his life.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The power of God is present at all places, even in the tiniest tree leaf. Do you think God is sleeping on a pillow in heaven? . . . God is wholly present in all creation, in every corner, behind you and before you. God&#8217;s entire divine nature is wholly and entirely in all creatures, more deeply, more inwardly, more present than the creature is to itself. God is entirely and personally present in the wilderness, in the garden, in the field. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>God writes the Gospel, not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>[Luther\u2019s Works, vol. 37, pp. 57, 60-61.\u00a0 &#8220;God writes&#8230;&#8221; has been attributed to Luther but is not documented. Featured image: Lucas Cranach the Elder]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you think God is sleeping on a pillow in heaven?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":38372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[3119,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-plaza-new-ws","category-ecumenism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Martin Luther on Creation - Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/38364\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Martin Luther on Creation - Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Do you think God is sleeping on a pillow in heaven?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/38364\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-04T11:49:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-10-04T22:22:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Martin-Luther-4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"874\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"656\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/04\\\/38364\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/04\\\/38364\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7fbf63ff85d447cf06b0588add3e41d2\"},\"headline\":\"Martin Luther on Creation\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-04T11:49:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-04T22:22:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/04\\\/38364\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":173,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/04\\\/38364\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Martin-Luther-4.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"4_THE PLAZA\",\"Ecumenism\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/04\\\/38364\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/04\\\/38364\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/04\\\/38364\\\/\",\"name\":\"Martin Luther on Creation - Home\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/04\\\/38364\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/04\\\/38364\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Martin-Luther-4.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-04T11:49:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-04T22:22:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/04\\\/38364\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/04\\\/38364\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/04\\\/38364\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Martin-Luther-4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Martin-Luther-4.jpg\",\"width\":874,\"height\":656,\"caption\":\"Lucas Cranach the Elder's portrait of Martin Luther, 1528. After his death, Luther\u2019s image was venerated, there were posters and pieces of \\\"Luther kitsch\\\" that had his likeness \u2014 even beer mugs (also featured in the exhibit), Minneapolis Institute of Arts' Thomas Rassieur said.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/04\\\/38364\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Martin Luther on Creation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Home\",\"description\":\"Worship, Wit &amp; Wisdom\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Home\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg\",\"width\":1340,\"height\":209,\"caption\":\"Home\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7fbf63ff85d447cf06b0588add3e41d2\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"description\":\"Katharine E. Harmon, Ph.D., edits the blog, Pray Tell: Worship, Wit & Wisdom.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/editor\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Martin Luther on Creation - Home","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/38364\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Martin Luther on Creation - Home","og_description":"Do you think God is sleeping on a pillow in heaven?","og_url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/38364\/","og_site_name":"Home","article_published_time":"2017-10-04T11:49:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-10-04T22:22:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":874,"height":656,"url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Martin-Luther-4.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/38364\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/38364\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7fbf63ff85d447cf06b0588add3e41d2"},"headline":"Martin Luther on Creation","datePublished":"2017-10-04T11:49:49+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-04T22:22:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/38364\/"},"wordCount":173,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/38364\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Martin-Luther-4.jpg","articleSection":["4_THE PLAZA","Ecumenism"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/38364\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/38364\/","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/38364\/","name":"Martin Luther on Creation - Home","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/38364\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/38364\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Martin-Luther-4.jpg","datePublished":"2017-10-04T11:49:49+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-04T22:22:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/38364\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/38364\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/38364\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Martin-Luther-4.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Martin-Luther-4.jpg","width":874,"height":656,"caption":"Lucas Cranach the Elder's portrait of Martin Luther, 1528. After his death, Luther\u2019s image was venerated, there were posters and pieces of \"Luther kitsch\" that had his likeness \u2014 even beer mugs (also featured in the exhibit), Minneapolis Institute of Arts' Thomas Rassieur said."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/38364\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Martin Luther on Creation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/","name":"Home","description":"Worship, Wit &amp; Wisdom","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#organization","name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg","width":1340,"height":209,"caption":"Home"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7fbf63ff85d447cf06b0588add3e41d2","name":"Editor","description":"Katharine E. Harmon, Ph.D., edits the blog, Pray Tell: Worship, Wit & Wisdom.","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Martin-Luther-4.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38364"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38373,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38364\/revisions\/38373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}