“We Methodists take our coffee hours very seriously!” said the pastor during announcements after the service, and the congregation laughed. I was just visiting, but I wanted to say: “No, that’s us. It’s Lutherans who make jokes about their coffee consumption and their love of potlucks.” Then I wondered how many other faith communities make the same jokes each week when they gather to worship. Fortunately, we Lutherans are able to define ourselves beyond jokes about Jell-O and sitting in the back pew. We are part of a rich faith tradition, but we do ourselves a disservice if we focus so much on what it means to be Lutheran that we fail to interact with other sisters and brothers in faith.