OUR SAVIOR’S LUTHERAN

Photographs by David Hunnicutt

April 24, 2008

And the moral of this story
It is plain and it is true
If the preacher preaches long enough
Even he’ll get hungry too.

~Lyle Lovett, Church

Although the Our Savior’s Lutheran Church of Obert, Nebraska (population 41) closed down years ago, many of the faithful live on. Even after all these years, its remarkable how some can still recall–in surprisingly vivid detail–how the sermons were always 10 minutes too long.

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